Description
This posed image was taken near Dubuque, Iowa, in the first decade of the 20th century. A postcard was created using this image. Postcards were a relatively new invention at the beginning of the 20th century, and a variety of different images were used to create them. A farm family can be seen in the foreground of the photograph. Two adults on the left each hold a small child. Two members of the family pose with pitchforks and hay on the wagon. A fifth member of the family poses on a tall ladder leaning against the pile of hay in the background, and a sixth family member stands next to the wagon. A matched pair of horses are harnessed to the wagon.
Source-Dependent Questions
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Citation Information
"Family posed with haystack and horse-drawn wagon, Dubuque, Iowa, 1900s," ca. 1910. Courtesy of University of Iowa Library and Archives