Snapshots of the Past

Plow covered by sand – Historic Print

Plow covered by sand — historic image
Plow covered by sand. Historic image from the Tractors collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This historic image of Plow covered by sand brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Plow covered by sand

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A plow sits nearly swallowed by drifted sand, its frame and blade lost under fine, wind-blown soil, with no people in view to explain how it came to rest there. Scenes like this are tied to the Great Plains in the 1930s, when years of drought and the plowing up of native grassland left topsoil loose enough for dust storms to strip fields and bury fences, farmsteads, and machinery. The buried implement is worth a close look, since it turns a tool meant to work the land into a record of what the land had lost.

Original scan3,496 × 2,856 px · prints to 12 × 10 in at 300 dpi
Reference09316u Plow covered by sand.

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