Fair tractor train behind fair" foreground" – Antique Wall Art
(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 historic photograph of Fair tractor train behind fair" foreground" brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fair tractor train behind fair" foreground"
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A line of tractors stretches across the grounds of a fair in this 1939 photoprint, and the title's reference to a "foreground" suggests the composition was deliberately arranged around the machines in front. Fairs of the late 1930s often featured farm equipment, and tractor parades drew crowds eager to see mechanical power replacing horses and mules on American farms. The photographer is credited as Frank Monaghan of Washington, D.C., though the caption card's details have not been independently verified. The picture is worth a closer look as a record of the years when the tractor was becoming the emblem of modern farming.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Frank Monaghan, Washington, D.C. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,140 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172235 |
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