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- Type: Photograph
- Format: Pocket Cabinet Card Mount (5 x 3 inches)
- Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1909
- Theme: Industrial Agriculture, Occupational History, Stationary Gas Engines, Farming Technology
- Subject: Horse-Drawn Rig, Mechanical Engine Pump, Farm Laborers
✍️ Item DescriptionFor sale is an exceptional, rare original antique turn-of-the-century occupational photograph capturing a farming crew operating a horse-drawn motorized orchard spray rig wagon.Historical & Mechanical Details:
• The image features a heavy wooden farm wagon outfitted with a historic internal combustion gasoline engine utility apparatus and a pump system used for spraying orchards.
• A worker stands balancing atop the rig frame holding a long vertical spray nozzle/wand line.
• Two draft horses are hitched to the front in full working leather harness.
• Three ground crew workers are posed beside the rig wearing period work trousers, utility shirts, hats, and holding tools.Dimensions & Condition:
• The photograph is securely mounted to its original dark textured 5x3 inch pocket card backing.
• The image clarity is incredibly sharp, allowing you to clearly see the engine flywheels, wagon construction, harness buckles, and facial features.
• The piece is in excellent vintage condition with strong contrast, deep blacks, and clean surfaces on both the front and back.A spectacular, museum-quality image for collectors of early farming technology, stationary gas engine history, or turn-of-the-century American labor history.
