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[Photograph of a donky cart with two people]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.078 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of a donkey cart with two people circa 1940. The photograph features two people riding on a donkey drawn cart. One is steering the three donkeys. The other is sitting on top of the load possibly of wood.

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