Field With Cornstalks Twisted Into Bunches And Pumpkins – Historic 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 rare historic photograph captures Field With Cornstalks Twisted Into Bunches And Pumpkins in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Field With Cornstalks Twisted Into Bunches And Pumpkins
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Cornstalks twisted into bunches and a scatter of pumpkins fill this c. 1900 platinum print by Emma Justine Farnsworth, a field scene that records a harvest practice now largely gone. Before mechanical harvesters, farmers bound stalks by hand so the grain could dry in the field before husking. Platinum printing, valued for its soft tonal range and matte surface, was a favored process among amateur and art photographers around 1900, so the rural subject reflects both a working landscape and a deliberate choice of composition. Its autumn imagery also explains its place among the board's Halloween pictures, since harvest motifs became closely tied to late-October celebrations.
| Created / published | c. 1900 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print, platinum, 17 x 12 cm. mounted on gray paper, 24 x 21 cm. |
| Notes | Farnsworth, Emma Justine, photographer |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,717 × 3,900 px · prints to 9 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222455 |
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