A man with his team of four horses harnessed to a plow, Los Angeles, ca. 1900.
Entry/Object ID
2014.960.1.2
Description
A cabinet card photograph of a man with his team of four horses harnessed to a plow, Los Angeles, ca. 1900. Taken by commercial photographer, R. Thornton Smith, Alhambra. Smith would later become a realtor and postmaster of Temple City. The man, a farmer, wears a work shirt, pants, suspenders and a hat as he stands to the right. The horses are all strapped into a plowing device dragging on the ground behind them. They are standing in a hay strewn open field with a row of trees directly behind them. Partial view of a multi story building to the left. The image is in good condition with minor surface soiling, moderate fading and yellowing.
