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Fall harvest display of pumpkins, squash, cabbages and corn – Vintage Print

Fall harvest display of pumpkins, squash, cabbages and corn — historic image
Fall harvest display of pumpkins, squash, cabbages and corn. 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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Step back in time with Fall harvest display of pumpkins, squash, cabbages and corn, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Fall harvest display of pumpkins, squash, cabbages and corn

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Pumpkins, squash, cabbages and corn are piled together in this display, a mix of crops that would have been familiar on farms and at market stalls across the country in the autumn months. Harvest displays like this one were a common sight at county fairs, church suppers and store windows, where a heap of produce signaled abundance after the growing season. The link to Thanksgiving grew over the 19th and early 20th centuries, as the holiday became a national observance centered on the gathering of the year's crops. Look closely at the arrangement itself, since the stacking and variety of vegetables was often as much a decorative choice as a practical one.

Original scan5,970 × 7,698 px · prints to 20 × 26 in at 300 dpi
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