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Farmer with horse and wagon in front of new and old homestead, 1917, Canada – Historic Reproduction

Farmer with horse and wagon in front of new and old homestead, 1917, Canada, 1917 — historic photograph
Farmer with horse and wagon in front of new and old homestead, 1917, Canada, 1917. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Farmer with horse and wagon in front of new and old homestead, 1917, Canada, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Farmer with horse and wagon in front of new and old homestead, 1917, Canada

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A farmer stands with a horse and wagon in the yard between two houses, one newer and one older, which is the detail that gives this 1917 Canadian view its point. The pairing of homesteads shows how a prairie or rural family's living space changed over a generation, as settlers who had first built small, plain log or frame houses moved up to larger dwellings as their land and income grew. The photograph is part of the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the Library of Congress, a body of work from the 1910s that recorded farm life and everyday scenes across North America. The wagon and horse anchor the scene in the labor of the farm, where animal power still moved goods and people during the years of the First World War.

Created / published1917
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesFrank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsFarmhouses--Canada--1910-1920. Farms--Canada--1910-1920. Carts & wagons--Canada--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161366

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