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Two smokestacks emitting white smoke against a blue sky – Vintage Print

Two smokestacks emitting white smoke against a blue sky — historic image
Two smokestacks emitting white smoke against a blue sky. Historic image from the Work & Industry collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic image of Two smokestacks emitting white smoke against a blue sky brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. 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.

Two smokestacks emitting white smoke against a blue sky

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Two tall smokestacks rise side by side, pushing thick white plumes into a clear blue sky, a sight that once signaled a working mill at full tilt. Industrial chimneys like these were a common feature of American manufacturing towns from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, when coal and steam powered plants that ran day and night. The smoke was a visible measure of production, and many workers and residents took pride in it even as it fouled the air. Views like this one now serve as a record of how mill districts looked before clean-air rules changed the skyline.

Original scan9,071 × 7,279 px · prints to 30 × 24 in at 300 dpi
Reference1a35070u smokestacks

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