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05986uA mule and a plow – Historic Print

05986uA mule and a plow — historic image
05986uA mule and a plow. Historic image from the Tractors collection.

(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 image of 05986uA mule and a plow brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

05986uA mule and a plow

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A mule is hitched to a plow in this scene, the kind of animal-powered field work that carried American farming for generations before gasoline tractors spread across the countryside. Its place on a board devoted to tractors makes it a useful point of comparison: one animal and one plow set the pace of breaking ground, a pace that mechanization gradually changed. The record gives little more detail, so the picture is best read as a snapshot of everyday farm labor and of the long transition that followed.

Original scan3,478 × 5,320 px · prints to 12 × 18 in at 300 dpi
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