Title: Pushing The Wheelbarrow Back To The Barn – Accession Number: 2006.003.015
Artist: Stan Jorstad
Medium: Photography
Location: Pottawatomie Community Center (South Lobby), 8 North Avenue
Owner: St. Charles Park District
Donated By: Stan Jorstad
Map Locator Number: #13

Story: This character study shows Ernie Anderson pushing the wheelbarrow back to the barn.  The view to the north shows a small tool shack, gates and fences west of the barn and his father’s old place, Elmdale Stock Farm, in the background.

The Park District’s Collection of Jorstad Photographs in this Exhibit includes:  Chicken Coop Door; Combining Oats; Corn Field on a Summer Afternoon; Corn Shocks in Autumn; Corn Shocks in Winter; Corn Shocks Through the Trees; Field Corn on Primrose Farm Silo; Hauling Grain; Primrose Farm Dairy Barn in Winter; Primrose Farm Granary; Primrose Farm Milk House; Pushing the Wheelbarrow Back to the Barn; Ripe Wheat in Amber Light; Standing Wheat; The Farmer; Wooden Wagon Wheel

Artist Story, excerpted from Mr. Jorstad’s web site:  “In the early 1960s, Stan was a cinematographer for the acclaimed television series, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. In 1979, he launched PhotoMark, a commercial photography business, based in St. Charles, Illinois. His son, Steve, now carries on the business. During his travels, his wife Wanda and their family often accompanied him on his park excursions.

Stan Jorstad’s life work has become an impressive film-based, historic photographic portfolio of America’s National Parks. He was the first film-based professional photographer to document and photograph each of our then 58 National Parks. His son Steve continued the tradition and photographed Pinnacles National Park in California which completes the current collection of 59 “Crown Jewels” in the National Park system.”

Photograph Courtesy of the St. Charles Park District