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Ox and Horse Team Pulling Roof, Paris, 1913

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph depicts "ancient and modern" teams of oxen and horses pulling a cart carrying a roof and a few male passengers down a road in Paris. A dog is on the right of the photo. 1913 was a transitional period when horses were becoming less and less common on the streets of Paris.

This image was printed on page 217 of At the Forks of the Grand: Volume I by D. A. Smith.

Inscriptions

TEAMS ANCIENT AND MODERN. PARIS

Date of Original

1913

Dimensions

Width: 10.6 cm
Height: 6.7 cm

Subject(s)

Animals
Carts & wagons
Cattle
Dogs
Horse teams
Horses
Men
Ox teams
Roads
Roofs
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

2009.0062.01, Page 41, Photo 2

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Donor

Paris Museum and Historical Society
http://www.parishistoricalsociety.com/
Email: parismuseum@rogers.com
Phone: (519) 442-9295
15 Curtis Avenue North
Paris, Ontario, Canada
N3L 3W1

Recommended Citation

Ox and Horse Team Pulling Roof, Paris, 1913, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 2009.0062.01, Page 41, Photo 2, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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