Here we have Della on a horse. Her feet are not in the stirrups, which makes me wonder if she didn’t really want to be on this horse. It also appears like she has on a skirt and a sweater. Hm. In the background just to the right of the horses rump, you can just …
This photo might be one of those “traveling horse photographer” deals. The fellow who owned the horse would go up and down the streets of the neighborhood and offer for a nominal fee to photograph your kids on his horse. The housewife paid up front and then the photos were mailed to her after they …
Let’s kick off a few horse pictures, shall we? This photograph is from the 20th century, anywhere from the 40s to the 50s based on the shape & weight of the print. It features two young children, I assume siblings, sitting on a horse. Makes you wonder if they owned the horse or were somehow …
My dad told me that his grandfather was a dairy farmer, with lots of cows on a large farm. He and his wife (who I take my nom de plume from, Mrs Marvel) lived on the farm with their seven children. In the summers, my dad would work on the farm along side his uncles …
This photograph is of a man standing with two mules and his wagon with a broken axel or wheel. Although you can see a car in the distance, apparently this was taken in the early days of autos when horse carts were still in use.
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