A towering load of hay dwarfs the farmhands who gather beside it in this lively scene of harvest-time labor. Two men work atop the wagon near the barn's hayloft door while a third stands below with the family dogs, and a team of draft horses waits patiently in harness. Photographs like this preserve the collaborative, physically demanding work that brought in a farm's hay supply each season, work that sustained livestock through the winter months before mechanized harvesting became widespread. Project: 218577