It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society.

This week we offer a c.1900 view of a man sitting by a corn shock sometime in the fall. Shocking corn was common at this time, but has not been seen in many years except in decorative settings. Farmers shocked corn in this manner so that air could circulate among the stalks to dry out the corn so it could be stored without spoiling and be more easily transported from the fields. Henry Scholl took this image on a glass plate negative, one of over 400 glass plates that the historical society has digitized.

Join us again next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

(2956GP, Whitewater Historical Society)