See wood planks
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I would think it is for blanching the stems. It looks like the center rows already have boards pushing the celery together. That minimizes the entry of light, making lighter colored, less flavorful stems.
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What a cool photo I wonder when it was taken?
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No idea. Verso says: Kalamazoo, MI
I’m on a number of forums for dating photos. I will have to look into a vintage farm collecting forum to see. I’m on guns, trains, cars and antique toys forums for dating. Most do very good at getting info.
I acquired it because it has a nice symmetry to it.
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Yes, I see the boards in the background. Do modern celery growers do that? I thought darker green celery was more nutritious. Maybe they didn’t care. And yes, some of that celery is strong stuff!
Just guessing that it fell sometime between the end of the civil war and the turn of the century. Seems to me (a non-expert!) that the style of card was being used about then, and it looks to have been after the introduction of orthochromatic film in the early 1880s, because the background doesn’t fade away, which it would have with the older, blue-only sensitive emulsions. I don’t think it was panchromatic film, which was introduced about the time of WWI, but it could have been. Sepia toning with sulfur or selenium and some gold toners was common because it assured some longevity of the print.
A little more than I actually know, so take it with a grain of salt.
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Wow really appreciate your take on this Mark. Great!
All just FWIW. Showing off a little, I’m afraid! It’s one of those subjects I used to know something about. Not so much anymore.
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You are correct- the green stems would be modestly more nutritious. It is akin to people eating iceburg lettuce versus romaine. In days of yore that information was not as accessible as it is today.
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