23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Out of the Past to the Present, Oak Glen, California, 2025

A view of the doorway to the bakery sales section of the Riley Apple Farm in Oak Glen, California. Nestled in the San Bernadino Mountains lie several apple farms clustered close to each other from a few mile loop of a road. Each farm, to compete with each other, have different themes or specialty. Someits their cider or pies, while others you can pick from the trees directly or handpress your apples into cider. The Riley Farm prides itself with its period costumes of its staff to reflect a bygone era of when apples were a staple industry.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2025
Date Uploaded: 10.2025
Photo Location: Oak Glen, California, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS R6m2
Copyright: © HIllary Greene-Pae