[Cover of Popular Magazine]: 20 Aug. 1920 - illus. of farmer in meadow using scythe – Antique Wall Art
![[Cover of Popular Magazine]: 20 Aug. 1920 - illus. of farmer in meadow using scythe — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/36/3608f9626379-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Cover of Popular Magazine]: 20 Aug. 1920 - illus. of farmer in meadow using scythe, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Cover of Popular Magazine]: 20 Aug. 1920 - illus. of farmer in meadow using scythe
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The most distinctive detail here is the subject itself: a farmer working a scythe through a meadow, rendered as a magazine cover in August 1920. The record describes it as a halftone reproduction of a painting, a method that broke images into tiny dots so they could be printed cheaply on newsprint-grade paper. The caption card links the image to World War I and to harvest work, which suggests it may have been meant to evoke rural labor in the years just after the war, when hand tools were still common on many farms. The record itself is thin, so the cover's original purpose is best read from the image.
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1920 |
| Subjects | Halftone repro. of painting. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWI--US: WWI--Misc.; Farms...--Harvest; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,070 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135851 |
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