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[Dogs being used to plow, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada] – Antique Wall Art

[Dogs being used to plow, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada], [between 1900 and 1923?] — historic photograph
[Dogs being used to plow, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada], [between 1900 and 1923?]. Historic photograph from the Barns & Farms 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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[Dogs being used to plow, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada] 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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[Dogs being used to plow, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada]

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Dogs pulling a plow at Hay River in the Northwest Territories is an unusual sight, since dog teams are better known for hauling sleds than for working soil. The scene reflects how settlers in the subarctic made do with the animals they had, because horses were costly to keep and hard to feed through long winters. The print comes from a set of Canadian Department of the Interior photographs that later entered the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, a group of images chosen to document daily life in distant places. Look closely at the harness and the small furrow to see how modest the effort was.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1923?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1930.
NotesPhoto from Canadian Department of Interior. No. 1(?)-21-D.L.M. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.
SubjectsPlowing--Northwest Territories--Hay River Region--1890-1930. Dog teams--Northwest Territories--Hay River Region--1890-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,297 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180341

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