Concrete grain elevator with warehouse and parked vintage car – Vintage Print
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This historic image of Concrete grain elevator with warehouse and parked vintage car brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Concrete grain elevator with warehouse and parked vintage car
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Concrete grain elevators like the one in this picture were a common sight across the Great Plains and Midwest in the early twentieth century, when farmers needed large, fire-resistant storage for wheat, corn and other crops. Set beside a warehouse and a parked vintage automobile, the scene shows how quickly the car was reshaping rural life, bringing growers to town faster and making the grain trade more mobile. Grain elevators of this kind often served as landmarks along rail lines, and their towering silhouettes still define many small towns. The pairing of heavy masonry storage with a modern machine makes this a useful record of that transitional moment.
| Original scan | 3,962 × 5,586 px · prints to 13 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a34214u Grain elevators, Caldwell, Idaho |
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