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[Man pulling plow; one boy behind plow and another boy waving stick] – Vintage Print

[Man pulling plow; one boy behind plow and another boy waving stick], [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
[Man pulling plow; one boy behind plow and another boy waving stick], [ca. 1900]. Historic photograph from the Tractors collection.

(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 man pulls a plow himself in this scene, with one boy following behind the blade and another nearby waving a stick, a reminder of how much farm work around 1900 depended on human muscle. Most farms of the period plowed by hand or with draft animals, and the picture's caption tags file it under plowing and farms. The print is credited to photographer William A. Miller, but the date and other details come from an old caption card and have not been verified. Its place on a tractor board is a useful contrast, since the machines that later replaced this kind of labor were still rare when it was made.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by William A. Miller. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Plowing; Farms.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,843 × 1,500 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144742

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