Tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
This historic photograph of Tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
A June 1937 negative from Aldridge Plantation in Mississippi shows a tractor driver at work, recorded on nitrate film in a small 2 1/4-inch format. Photographers for the Farm Security Administration documented Southern farm life during the Depression, and by the late 1930s tractors were spreading through Mississippi's cotton country, reducing how many field hands a planter needed. The negative later passed to the Office of War Information, so its record reflects that wartime handling as well as its original purpose. Its compact size is worth noting, since photographers of the period often chose portable cameras that could capture fieldwork quickly.
| Created / published | 1937 June. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller. |
| Genre | Nitrate negatives. |
| Notes | Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. |
| Subjects | United States--Mississippi--Aldridge Plantation. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,315 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-206204 |
More from the Barns & Farms collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
