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Automobile plow--in use in England – Vintage Wall Art

Automobile plow--in use in England, c1905. — historic photograph
Automobile plow--in use in England, c1905.. Historic photograph from the Barns & Farms 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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Step back in time with Automobile plow--in use in England, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few early stereographs show a machine doing field work, which makes this card unusual: an "automobile plow" at work in England around 1905, when steam and gasoline traction were just beginning to challenge the horse on farms. Early self-propelled plows of this kind were heavy, costly experiments, often built around steam engines that hauled a plow across the field by cable or drove it directly. Stereo cards like this one were sold to a broad public, so the image also offers a glimpse of how novelty machinery was presented to ordinary viewers as the future of farming.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsTractors--England--1900-1910. Plows--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,311 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164852

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