Harvesting The Last Load – Historic Reproduction
(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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Harvesting The Last Load comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Harvesting The Last Load
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*Harvesting the Last Load* shows the final cart of the season leaving the field, a moment that marked the end of months of labor and the start of the autumn celebrations that followed. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that issued inexpensive hand-colored lithographs from the 1830s into the early 1900s, sold scenes like this to city buyers who found in farm life a nostalgic picture of steady, wholesome work. Its place on a Thanksgiving board reflects the holiday's roots in harvest feasts, when a successful crop was a reason to give thanks.
| Created / published | c. 1856-1907 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, lithograph, hand-colored |
| Notes | Published by Currier & Ives, New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,677 × 2,700 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174666 |
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