13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Child riding a pouksu

My grandson taking a ride on a pouksu, a relic on the family home place from the Great Depression when Model T cars were converted into tractors. The foggy morning made it feel like a ride into the past. Pouksu is what the Finnish immigrants called the homemade tractors.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2014
Date Uploaded: 11.2015
Photo Location: Menahga, Minnesota, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Copyright: © Rebecca Komppa