An Onion farm, Chester, N. Y.

Postcard

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Chester Historical Society

An Onion farm, Chester, N. Y.: This vintage colorized postcard depicts an expansive onion farm in the Chester Meadows (Black Dirt), showcasing two individuals standing amid the neatly arranged rows of crops under a vast sky at dusk, highlighting the agricultural landscape and the pastoral beauty of early 20th-century rural America.
An Onion farm, Chester, N. Y.

This vintage colorized postcard depicts an expansive onion farm in the Chester Meadows (Black Dirt), showcasing two individuals standing amid the neatly arranged rows of crops under a vast sky at dusk, highlighting the agricultural landscape and the pastoral beauty of early 20th-century rural America.

Name/Title

An Onion farm, Chester, N. Y.

Entry/Object ID

chs-001319

Description

This vintage colorized postcard depicts an expansive onion farm in the Chester Meadows (Black Dirt), showcasing two individuals standing amid the neatly arranged rows of crops under a vast sky at dusk, highlighting the agricultural landscape and the pastoral beauty of early 20th-century rural America.

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Chester (Village) - Orange County - New York

Collection

Mary McCormick Collection.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Agriculture: Black Dirt, Drowned Lands

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Post Card

Publisher

Artino post cards, NYC

Date Published

circa 1900

Transcription

Chester, N. Y. An Onion farm

Dimensions

Height

8.9 cm

Width

14 cm

General Notes

Note

Imaging queue See also item #1297, 1320

Create Date

August 1, 2024

Update Date

January 26, 2026