FARM LIFE IMAGES
Alfred Watson spent the first eight years of his life in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he spent hours exploring the fields and farms near his rural home. When his father deserted the family in 1924, the youngboy moved into his grandparent’s home in Pittsburgh
Years later, when a job transfer took him to Franklin, Pennsylvania, he photographed the nearby barns and farm animals that reminded him of his early childhood in West Viriginia, some of boy moved the happiest years of his life.
This serene and peaceful image of a Pennsylvania barn is highlighted by an intricate design of fleecy white clouds overhead.
In an era before gas-driven tractors, a farmer plows his field with his team of white horses. Image taken in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
A horse peeks his head out of a barn as he waits for his owner to return from the fields. Taken in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
A farmer drives his team along a winding road in rural Venango County, Pennsylvania while a passenger enjoys the ride.