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Work Horse parade, New York City: horse and delivery wagon – Antique Print

Work Horse parade, New York City: horse and delivery wagon, 1908 May. — historic photograph
Work Horse parade, New York City: horse and delivery wagon, 1908 May.. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Work Horse parade, New York City: horse and delivery wagon comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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In May 1908, a horse hitched to a delivery wagon took part in a Work Horse Parade in New York City, a event that set out to honor the animals that hauled goods and carried people through the city's streets. Such parades were organized to show that working horses deserved good care, and entrants were judged on how well their animals were groomed, harnessed, and kept. The photograph comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a large body of news pictures taken in New York in the early 1900s, when horse-drawn vehicles still did much of the city's hauling. The wagon and its harness show the everyday equipment of that trade.

Created / published1908 May.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Parades...; Horses...; NY--NYC--Misc.--1908; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,021 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131059

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