1-647-380 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The winnowing of the grain after threshing, Egypt', 1905. 'Here is the next step in the process of harvesting in Egypt, The mixture of broken straw, chaff and grain is tossed into the air by the labourer, and, as the heavier grain falls again to the threshing floor, the chaff and straw are carried away by the wind.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.