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Horse-drawn Buggy
Sepia-toned photo postcard depicting two-men aboard a two-horse-drawn wagon. The back of the card is formatted in the style of a postcard and is blank.

Horse-drawn Buggy

DateApproximately 1916
FormatPicture
Notes
Sepia-toned photo postcard depicting two-men aboard a two-horse-drawn wagon. The back of the card is formatted in the style of a postcard and is blank.
Subject
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    Dimensions8.8cm W x 14.5cm H
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPC_5943
      Horsepower means horsepower to the Old Order Amish, the 'plain people' who travel in black buggies, farm with horse-drawn plows, use wood-burning stoves for heat and kerosene lamps for light
      Horsepower means horsepower to the Old Order Amish, the 'plain people' who travel in black buggies, farm with horse-drawn plows, use wood-burning stoves for heat and kerosene lamps for light
      Bull, Ron
      12/11/1979
      Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
      Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
      Barkley, Harold
      11/21/1974
      Receipt of customer John Lauder. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002. J. St…
      To Later & Norris, practical horse shoers & general blacksmiths. Horses shod on the latest approved principles of the veterinary college. All kinds of carriages, buggies, spring and heavy waggons made and repaired in first-class style
      1875
      Horse and buggy at the Elmira farmers' market
      Horse and buggy at the Elmira farmers' market
      Erickson, Ray
      7/29/1972
      Just Molly and me are all that are left after cars have killed two previous horses that hauled his tattered mail buggy during the last 23 years, says rural route postman Harold Miller, 74
      Just Molly and me are all that are left after cars have killed two previous horses that hauled his tattered mail buggy during the last 23 years, says rural route postman Harold Miller, 74
      Teskey, Frank
      9/15/1971
      Davis visits horse-and-buggy world
      Davis visits horse-and-buggy world
      Bezant, Graham
      6/15/1972
      The horse and buggy provide the main form of transportation for Ontario's Old Order Mennonites
      The horse and buggy provide the main form of transportation for Ontario's Old Order Mennonites
      Stawicki, Andrew
      12/20/1986
      A protest about Horse-and-Buggy treatment, To protest what they term centuries-old methods of treating patients in Ontario mental hospitals, members o(...)
      A protest about Horse-and-Buggy treatment, To protest what they term centuries-old methods of treating patients in Ontario mental hospitals, members o(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      9/24/1971
      Premier John Robarts, in coonskin coat, rides in a horse-drawn cutter yesterday at Black Creek Pioneer Village during filming of his final Christmas m(...)
      Premier John Robarts, in coonskin coat, rides in a horse-drawn cutter yesterday at Black Creek Pioneer Village during filming of his final Christmas m(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      12/16/1970
      Rolling along: John Sauder has built 17 miniature versions of horse-drawn vehicles, spending as much as 60 hours on a single work.
      Rolling along: John Sauder has built 17 miniature versions of horse-drawn vehicles, spending as much as 60 hours on a single work.
      Spremo, Boris
      5/17/1990
      Horse-drawn caravans offer another way-of enjoying the lifestyle of the Irish countryside
      Horse-drawn caravans offer another way-of enjoying the lifestyle of the Irish countryside
      Bryant, George
      6/10/1975
      Stage coach returns. Railway travellers were surprised recently to see a four-in-hand coach, drawn by prancing horses, standing by the platform of Str(...)
      Stage coach returns. Railway travellers were surprised recently to see a four-in-hand coach, drawn by prancing horses, standing by the platform of Str(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/8/1942