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Wililam Phillips steam plow, Belpre, Kansas – Vintage Print

Wililam Phillips steam plow, Belpre, Kansas, c1910. — historic photograph
Wililam Phillips steam plow, Belpre, Kansas, c1910.. Historic photograph from the Barns & Farms collection.

(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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A window into the past: Wililam Phillips steam plow, Belpre, Kansas, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Wililam Phillips steam plow, Belpre, Kansas

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William Phillips's steam plow, photographed near Belpre, Kansas, around 1910, shows one of the large traction engines that broke the tough prairie sod. Such machines pulled gangs of plows faster than teams of horses could, but they burned coal or wood, needed a steady supply of water, and required skilled operators to keep them running. The photograph was copyrighted by W.O. Durstine, and its catalog details are old and unverified, so the exact date and setting are best treated as approximate.

Created / publishedc1910.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesJ145696 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by W.O. Durstine. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Family grps.; Farm machinery; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,254 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127657

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