Forging steel into plowshares, plant of Parlin & Orndorf Co., Canton, Ill. – 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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A window into the past: Forging steel into plowshares, plant of Parlin & Orndorf Co., Canton, Ill., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Forging steel into plowshares, plant of Parlin & Orndorf Co., Canton, Ill.
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Steel being forged into plowshares at the Parlin & Orndorf Co. works in Canton, Illinois, is the subject of this stereograph. Canton was a manufacturing town for farm implements, and the plow was among the most basic tools on the American farm. The card dates to about 1917, when wartime demand for food put heavy pressure on implement makers to keep up. Keystone View Co. of Meadville, Pennsylvania, issued it as one of its paired views, meant to be seen through a stereoscope for a sense of depth across the shop floor.
| Created / published | Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Co., c1917 Dec. 31. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 18398. |
| Subjects | Agricultural machinery & implements--1910-1920. Factories--Illinois--Canton--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 745 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161619 |
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