Long-Belt Thrasher Postcard
The Long-Belt Thrasher was one in a series of designs. The Historic Watercolors Project required the interns to select regional photographs of historic interest. The students then scanned the images into Adobe Photoshop. Then the images were cleaned and colorized. The final step in the creation required the students to give the new digital photographs a watercolor look. The finished images were then taken and made into postcards that could fold open and the message written inside. The students then marketed the postcards to a variety of locations as a fund-raiser. Below is the caption from this postcard.
"Long-Belt Thrasher" depicts a thrashing machine that was a staple in the valley after WWI. Taken in circa 1922-23, the picture shows the logging chain that grounded the truck from static electricity built up by the conveyor belt. The chain was sometimes placed on the truck as a practical joke, so when new workers got a drink, they received quite a shock. This image is one of a series created in part by student interns at Spirit of Tomorrow in Jerome Idaho. - Copyright 1996.
