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Center Market: 1890
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Will Work for Food: 1935
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R.P. Bean Ranch: c. 1910
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 12:01am.
The R.P. Bean Ranch, with four cowboys and three horses, near Van Horn, Texas, c. 1910. View full size (Courtesy Portal to Texas History).
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Home Work Wagon: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/31/2007 - 4:49pm.
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August 1912. "The wagon that delivers Home Work to Somerville, Massachusetts. The owner of the wagon (who is not the driver) is O. H. Brown, 27 Main Street, Reading. These wagons (about 4 in all) are worked on commission, not owned by factory." ("Home work" here meant pre-cut cloth patterns ready to be sewn into various articles of clothing.) View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. Note the curious tassels hanging off the horse. (Answer: It's a fly fringe.)
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Jack on Hay Rake: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/24/2007 - 7:20am.
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"Eight-year old Jack driving horse rake. A small boy has difficulty keeping his seat on rough ground and this work is more or less dangerous." August 1915, western Massachusetts. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Overheated Horse: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 1:18pm.
"New York City: Horse overcome by heat." Circa 1910. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Hopefully the equine ambulance was on its way.
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The Dream: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 9:36pm.
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"See what Prince will do for me." Prince Albert, Ida Cuthbertson's "famous educated horse." Brown Studio, Riverside, circa 1909. View full size.
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