Three men standing beside a road roller on bare ground – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of Three men standing beside a road roller on bare ground brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. 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.
Three men standing beside a road roller on bare ground
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A road roller and three men on bare ground make an odd pairing with a barn-and-farm board, and that tension is worth a second look. Steam and early gasoline rollers of the late 1800s and early 1900s were used to flatten gravel and earth for rural roads, so the machine itself is a clue that this was road building rather than field work. Men posed beside such equipment were often the crew who ran and maintained it, and the photograph records a moment when mechanized tools were just beginning to reshape how rural communities were connected.
| Original scan | 5,654 × 4,499 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 16933uFord Motor C., Tractor & Road Show, Perryville |
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