Cotton Harvesters plate with twelve numbered machine illustrations – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Cotton Harvesters plate with twelve numbered machine illustrations, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. 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.
Cotton Harvesters plate with twelve numbered machine illustrations
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Twelve numbered machine illustrations make this plate a catalog of cotton-harvesting equipment rather than a view of any single field or farm. The numbers let a reader match each drawing to a part name or model, which was the point of plates like this in farm-equipment catalogs and trade publications of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cotton picking was still largely done by hand in those years, so mechanical harvesters were a novelty, and their makers relied on clear engraved images to show buyers how the machines worked. Look closely at the gears, hoppers and drive mechanisms, which reveal how inventors were still experimenting with ways to replace hand labor.
| Original scan | 4,017 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 8e04652u Page from The Growth of |
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