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"The March of Civilization" - Car Meeting Ox-Cart on the Street, Paris, 1913

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Creators

Unknown, Photographer

Dunton, Dr. Daniel

, Depicted

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph illustrates the "march of civilization" with the meeting of the old and new modes of transportation on a street in Paris on May 6, 1913. On the left is Dr. Daniel Dunton, one of the earliest car owners in Paris, in his 1911 Everitt-Metzger-Flanders (E-M-F) Standard touring automobile; on the right is an ox-team pulling a wagon.

A sign is partially legible in the background. The legible portions read:
"CHOPPING MILL
FLOUR FEED & [SEED?]"

This image was printed on page 235 of At the Forks of the Grand: Volume I by D. A. Smith.

Date of Original

6 May, 1913

Dimensions

Width: 10.3 cm
Height: 6.6 cm

Subject(s)

Animals
Automobiles
Carts & wagons
Ox teams
Streets
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

2009.0062.01, Page 46, Photo 1

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Recommended Citation

"The March of Civilization" - Car Meeting Ox-Cart on the Street, Paris, 1913, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 2009.0062.01, Page 46, Photo 1, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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