Shearing sheep with power driven shears, Kirkland, Ill. – 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 Shearing sheep with power driven shears, Kirkland, Ill. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Shearing sheep with power driven shears, Kirkland, Ill.
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Shearing a flock by hand was slow, tiring work, and this stereograph records a more mechanized method in use at Kirkland, Illinois, where sheep are clipped with power-driven shears. Flexible-shaft clippers driven by a gasoline engine or line shaft had been spreading through American sheep country since the late 1800s, cutting the time and labor needed for each animal. Keystone View Company issued this stereo card around 1917, when paired images like this one were viewed through a hand stereoscope to give a sense of depth. The caption data is marked as unverified, so the exact farm and operator are not confirmed here.
| Created / published | c1917 July 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | J224368 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 18341. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Sheep; Ph. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 788 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157638 |
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