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Page 29, Care of Stock, with numbered farm and livestock illustrations – Antique Wall Art

Page 29, Care of Stock, with numbered farm and livestock illustrations — historic image
Page 29, Care of Stock, with numbered farm and livestock illustrations. Historic image from the Barns & Farms collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Page 29, Care of Stock, with numbered farm and livestock illustrations. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Page 29, Care of Stock, with numbered farm and livestock illustrations

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A page from a manual, not a photograph, so the particular detail is the numbered layout: each illustrated farm animal or piece of equipment carries a key number tied to the text beside it. Pages like this one were common in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century agricultural handbooks, which taught farmers how to feed, house, and doctor their livestock at a time when many rural families relied on printed guides for practical knowledge. Care of Stock sections typically covered horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs, and the numbered labels let readers match a drawn barn fixture or animal part to its explanation. Such pages are worth a look for what they reveal about how farm work was taught before extension services and veterinary training became widespread.

Original scan4,045 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
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