Philippine Islands: A modern Filipino mowing-machine – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Philippine Islands: A modern Filipino mowing-machine in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Philippine Islands: A modern Filipino mowing-machine
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The title calls this a "modern Filipino mowing-machine," a phrase that sets the view apart from the many rural scenes of Luzon and the other islands in the series. The stereo card is number 65 in a set copyrighted by C.H. Graves and issued by the Universal Photo Art Co. around 1902, a few years after the United States took control of the Philippines following the Spanish-American War. Stereographs like this were sold to American households as windows onto distant lands, and this one presents a mechanized harvesting tool as a sign of progress under American rule. The caption's data is unverified, so the exact crop, location and machine are uncertain, but the card still shows how American publishers framed Filipino farming for home viewers.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Photo Art Co.). No. 65. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Famrs--Harvesting; Ph. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 777 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157935 |
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