The funny thing is, for practical farming purposes it would never make sense to have that many people in a single field at once, so this was orchestrated for the camera to represent their local economy as busy, successful, and fruitful. I can imagine that having their pictures taken must have been a big event, and quite exciting.
sverdrupian
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ledfrisby
The funny thing is, for practical farming purposes it would never make sense to have that many people in a single field at once, so this was orchestrated for the camera to represent their local economy as busy, successful, and fruitful. I can imagine that having their pictures taken must have been a big event, and quite exciting.