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Crowd gathered at farm with red wagon and silos – Vintage Print

Crowd gathered at farm with red wagon and silos — historic image
Crowd gathered at farm with red wagon and silos. Historic image from the Barns & Farms collection.

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

Description

Few images capture their era like this historic image of Crowd gathered at farm with red wagon and silos. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. 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.

Crowd gathered at farm with red wagon and silos

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Gathered around a farmyard with a red wagon and a pair of tall silos, this crowd is the detail that sets the scene apart from other farm views on the board. Gatherings like this were common on rural properties in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when neighbors came together for threshing, auctions, church picnics, or a demonstration of new machinery. The red wagon, a working piece of equipment, and the silos, which stored fermented feed for livestock, both point to a farm that depended on hauled grain and stored fodder. Look closely at the clothing and the arrangement of people to get a sense of the occasion.

Original scan4,641 × 3,263 px · prints to 15 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference1a33833u farm auction

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