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[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie] – Vintage Wall Art

[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie], c1912. — historic photograph
[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie], c1912.. 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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A window into the past: [Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A gasoline plow and a gasoline road machine work across reclaimed prairie in this panoramic view, the machines set against open land that had been grassland before it was broken for cultivation. Around 1912, gasoline tractors were beginning to replace steam engines and horse teams on such work, and the wide format suits a scene of machinery crossing a long stretch of ground. H. J. Harvey made the photograph, which was entered for copyright on August 19, 1912, and the back is stamped with his name.

Created / publishedc1912.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7.5 x 29 in.
GenreNew Orleans
NotesJ172361 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. J. Harvey; August 19, 1912. Stamped on verso: Photographs from H.J. Harvey
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,292 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-197146

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