3L037 Trip to the Pistachio Forest
- Categories
- Special Collections > Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection
- Subject
- Afghanistan--Herat
- Afghanistan--Badghis
- Pistachio--Afghanistan.
- Creator
- Brainard, Blair, 1942-
- Type
- positive slide
- Coverage - Temporal
- Spring, 1967
- Identifier
- Brainard_3L037.tif
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
- Description
- Entering the pistachio forest. Pistachio trees are growing wild and naturally here. This doesn't look like what most people call a forest but, nonetheless it is a pistachio forest. In the fall when the pistachios are ripe the area is cordoned off until it is decided the harvest can begin. At that time everyone is free to enter the area and pick all the pistachios they want. Many traders are available to buy the nuts from the pickers and resell them to other areas of the country and for export. The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection captures the photographers experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, primarily in the city of Herat, 1965-1968.
- Rights
- Copyright for this collection is retained by Radford University. The images are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (Brained, Blair. The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection. McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of Radford University is strictly prohibited.
