Though this valley is famous for orcharding, there are more photos of hay than fruit in the museum’s archive.  They certainly used curious contraptions – surely as much a delight to the photographer’s eye as any summer-sweet peach.

The photos below are set at various ranches in the North Fork. They are labelled so far as information is known.

Scroll down to the second collection for more historical background.

Hayin has never been an easy task, but peruse through the photos below to get a sense of how time intensive the process used to be (Click on any photos to read more information.)  These are from Harry White’s collection. (See the Gould Reservoir page for more information on Harry)

To conclude – two scrapbook pages from the Knott Ranch – Summer of 1920: