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Primary Sources and Picture Books: Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World by Jennifer Thermes

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Horse-drawn bakery cart, Hartford.jpg

horse drawn ambulance.png

man working field with horse-drawn plow in Florida.jpeg

Construction top view-Horse drawn carts.png

Farming scenes. Three horses pulling disk

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2019682643/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971, photographer
Created / Published: ca. 1920-ca. 1950.
Subject Headings: -  Farming.
-  Horses.
-  Plowing.
-  United States.
-  United States
Notes: -  Old negative number: 443.
-  Title and date from photographer's notebooks or subject index cards.
-  Credit line: Theodor Horydczak Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
-  General information about the Theodor Horydczak Collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.horyd
-  Forms part of: Horydczak photograph collection (Library of Congress)
-  Temp. note: Batch three.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: thc 5a38174 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a38174

Logging crew with horse-drawn cart.jpeg

Drink vendor on horse-drawn cart.jpeg

Miners with ore cart and horse.png

HORSE DRAWN QUIGLEY BROTHERS BAKERY CART.jpeg

Horse Cart.png

Horse drawn delivery cart.jpeg

horse pulling trolley cart.jpeg

Horse-cart in cornfield.jpeg

Vincent Club horse cart.jpeg

Unidentified photograph of man driving horse-drawn lumber cart down a street.jpeg

House on a Horse Cart.png

A horsedrawn streetcar. Rapid transit. Covington Ga.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2012646773/

Reference note

Summary: Photograph shows three men and two boys aboard mule-drawn railroad car on Clark Street in front of Newton County Courthouse in Covington, Georgia.
Created / Published: [between ca. 1888 and ca. 1917]
Subject Headings: -  Horse railroads--Georgia--Covington--1880-1920
Notes: -  Stationery & Novelty Co.
-  Hand-colored.
-  Title from item.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3a14167 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a14167

Grape Crates on Horse Cart

Horse and Cart with Supplies.jpeg

Water cart hauled by horse.jpeg

Horse drawn garbage wagon of the Department of Health and Sanitation, Seattle, Washington, October 28, 1915.jpeg

Number Twelve Engine

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2002695415/

Reference note

Summary: Photo shows horse-drawn fire engine of Engine Company no. 12, outside firehouse at 1626 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Created / Published: [between 1897 and 1910]
Subject Headings: -  District of Columbia.--Fire Dept.--1890-1910
-  Fire engines & equipment--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1910
-  Fire fighters--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1910
Notes: -  No. 838.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ds 06709 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.06709
ppmsc 09956 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.09956

Cart and horse on South Boston waterfront .jpeg

Delivering Milk to City Homes

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2004681908/

Reference note

Summary: Milkman carrying milk from horse-drawn wagon of Moore's Dairy Products, in front of house.
Created / Published: c1925 Jan. 3.
Notes: -  P-263992 U.S. Copyright Office
-  Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co.
-  This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
-  Caption card tracings: Ice cream; City & town life; Photog. Index; Occupations Milkmen; Delivery trucks & wagons; Dairy industry; Shelf.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3b04462 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b04462

[Kennebec Ice horse-drawn wagon parked in front of Birney Public School - school children lined up with teacher behind wagon as man shows them large chunk of ice suspended by tongs, Washington, D.C.]

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2001702335/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
Created / Published: [1899?]
Subject Headings: -  Education--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900
Genre: Cyanotypes--1890-1900
Notes: -  Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
-  Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
-  In album: "8th Division."
-  Caption card tracings: Children Misc. 1899; D.C., Wash. Misc. 1899; D.C., Wash. Schools Birney Public Schools; Delivery trucks & wagons; Ice industry; Shelf.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3a52034 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a52034

[View of S.W., block 386, probably D Street side of Baltimore & Potomac Railroad freight station between Maryland & D, 9th & 10th showing freight and horse-drawn carts in front of station]

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2016647081/

Reference note

Created / Published: [1901]
Subject Headings: -  Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
-  Shipping--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910
-  Carts & wagons--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910
Genre: Glass negatives--1900-1910
Notes: -  Title devised by Library staff.
-  Annotations on corresponding photographic print in LOT 11516-D: "See LC-Z7-131, 130 & Z7-129 ; center section of panorama."
-  Forms part of: D.C. Street Survey Collection.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 40364 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40364

[Street types of New York City: Men loading horse-drawn snow carts]

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2002699097/

Reference note

Created / Published: c1896.
Notes: -  Photoprint copyrighted by Elizabeth Alice Austen.
-  This record contains unverified data from caption card.
-  Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Occupations; Street cleaners; Carts.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3b24118 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b24118

[Produce vendor with his horse-drawn cart at Washington Market, New York CIty] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Phyllis Twachtman.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2006686030/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Twachtman, Phyllis, photographer
Created / Published: 1960.
Subject Headings: -  Markets--New York (State)--New York--1960
-  Carts & wagons--New York (State)--New York--1960
-  Horses--New York (State)--New York--1960
Notes: -  NYWT&S staff photograph.
-  Title devised by Library staff.
-  Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: ppmsca 12727 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.12727

New York's streets

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014689874/

Reference note

Summary: Photo shows a horse-drawn garbage wagon with its load dumped in the street during a New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Contributor Names: Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: 1911 Nov. 13 (date created or published later by Bain)
Subject Headings: -  New York
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes: -  Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
-  Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
-  General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162968075 External
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 09889 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09889

Hot day--watering horses

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014689803/

Reference note

Summary: Photo shows horses drinking water, Union Square, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Contributor Names: Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: 1911 July 7 (date created or published later by Bain)
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes: -  Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
-  Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
-  General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
-  Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162949447 External
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 09818 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09818

Horse car, N.Y., 1908

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2006689803/

Reference note

Summary: Conductor watering horses, New York City.
Created / Published: 1908.
Notes: -  Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C.
-  Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item.
-  George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
-  Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3a47732 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a47732

Horse and wagon, Crossville, Tennessee

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017730854/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, photographer
United States. Resettlement Administration.
Created / Published: 1937.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Tennessee--Crossville
-  Towns--Tennessee
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8a17085 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a17085