Plowing and seeding by steam [tractor combine] – Historic Reproduction
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(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: Plowing and seeding by steam [tractor combine], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Plowing and seeding by steam [tractor combine]
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Steam power does the heavy work in this scene, with a large traction engine pulling a combined set of plows and seed drills across a field in one pass. Around 1907, such rigs were at the height of their use on big grain operations, where one engine could replace a team of many horses. They were costly, demanded skilled operators, and needed a steady supply of water and coal, so they mostly served large farms rather than small ones. Pictures like this one record the shift from animal to mechanical power that would reshape American farming in the decades that followed.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1907 Aug. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,237 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126233 |
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