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1850s: Man walks across field.

1680s · ID: row-632

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United States 1680s: A man dressed in period clothing—dark coat, knee breeches, white stockings, and a broad-brimmed hat—walks across a freshly plowed field carrying a burlap sack over his shoulder. The scene, staged to depict rural life circa the 1850s, shows a weathered barn with a woodpile in the background, rolling farmland, and a tree-lined ridge under a partly cloudy sky.

Subjects: 1680s 1850s adult agriculture archival bag barn breeches carry clouds color countryside dirt farm farming life farmland field gentleman hat hillside historical costume hold land man outdoor overcast sky parcel pasture period clothing person plowed field reenactment rural sack solitary figure staged scene stockings stride stroll vintage walk woodpile