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[Children posed in front of horse-drawn wagons and tents] – Vintage Print

[Children posed in front of horse-drawn wagons and tents], c1909. — historic photograph
[Children posed in front of horse-drawn wagons and tents], c1909.. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Children stand in front of a row of horse-drawn wagons and canvas tents, a setting that would have been familiar in the early 1900s, when horses still did most hauling for farms, towns and traveling shows. The record classifies it as a group portrait and montage, which suggests the scene may have been arranged or assembled from more than one exposure, a practice common among commercial studios of the period. The copyright registration names Underwood & Underwood, a firm known for stereoscopic views and mass-produced photographs sold widely across the country. Its date, around 1909, falls in a decade when the horse was giving way to the automobile.

Created / publishedc1909.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Group portraits 1900-1910.Montages 1900-1910.
NotesH126281 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
SubjectsChildren--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-189572

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