Tall industrial smokestacks against a blue sky, film transparency – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Tall industrial smokestacks against a blue sky, film transparency. 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. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. 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.
Tall industrial smokestacks against a blue sky, film transparency
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Tall industrial smokestacks rise against a clear blue sky in this film transparency, with the stacks standing as the dominant feature of the composition. Mill chimneys like these were once a familiar marker of American manufacturing towns, where a single plant could anchor a whole neighborhood's economy and daily rhythm. The color film format gives the image a saturated, precise look, and the sharp contrast between dark brick or metal and open sky makes the scale of the stacks easy to read. Viewed today, the picture also records a visual landscape that many communities have since lost to plant closures and demolition.
| Original scan | 7,336 × 9,194 px · prints to 24 × 31 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a35069u smokestacks |
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