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Colonial village street with horseman, cart, and barrels – Vintage Wall Art

Colonial village street with horseman, cart, and barrels — historic image
Colonial village street with horseman, cart, and barrels. Historic image from the Boston collection.

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This historic image of Colonial village street with horseman, cart, and barrels 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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Colonial village street with horseman, cart, and barrels

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A horseman riding past a loaded cart and a stack of barrels gives this street its working-day bustle. Barrels were the standard container for flour, salted fish, and rum in colonial New England ports, so a scene crowded with them points to the trade moving along the waterfront. Many photographs of colonial-looking streets date from the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the colonial revival sparked interest in older towns, and some were arranged for the camera. The cobbles and the cart's load are worth a close look for signs of staging.

Original scan1,079 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-170471

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