Smiling woman and older man eating a watermelon – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Smiling woman and older man eating a watermelon comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Smiling woman and older man eating a watermelon
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A smiling woman and an older man share a watermelon, one of the most familiar pleasures of a hot summer, and the scene places them among the farms and markets that once supplied towns with fresh produce. Watermelons were a staple crop on small American farms through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, often sold by the wagonload at roadside stands and town markets. Pictures like this one capture the informal side of that trade, where a melon was cut open on the spot so buyers could taste before they paid. Notice how the relaxed pose and open faces suggest a break from work rather than a staged sales pitch.
| Original scan | 3,324 × 4,092 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif12688_MimiFellersWatermelonQueenfrom |
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