For ten years Bruce & Barbara Selyem have been writing
the column "Old Time Grain Elevator" for the grain industry's
trade magazine, Grain Journal. While driving through Kansas
in December 2006, the idea of collecting all 10 years of col-
umns and making them into a book, started the process made available in September 2007.
Old Time Grain Elevators: Stories & Photography Of A
Vanishing Way of Life is a hardbound, 180-page collection of
60 grain elevator stories and essays representing 25 states and
provinces. The stories are illustrated with 123 color photo-
graphs and includes a gallery of another 20 photographs at the
end of the book.
To make this book possible, there is a section of sponsors'
advertisements. These advertisers were invited and selected
to represent a cross section of today's grain industry. Modeled
after a series of early 20th century grain elevator books, the
ads are of value for today, but will also be of historic interest
for generations.
The book sells for $25 US plus shipping. Contact Bruce
& Barbara Selyem, 155 Prospector Trail, Bozeman, MT 59718,
406.388.9282, bselyem@grainelevatorphotos.com