Ox-sledge in Funchal, Madeira
This photograph of an ox-sledge was taken in Funchal, Madeira.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1908-1910
Your TR Source
Oxen
Landing and transportation of Japanese troops
The Naval Intelligence Office describes the Japanese Army’s landing at Chemulpo, including how many troops landed, what types of ships transported the troops, and how the troops silently fulfilled their duties. The Japanese forces headed toward Seoul, where they set up the base for military operations and then occupied Ping Yang. Transportation was challenging on Korean roads, being limited to coolies and carts with two wheels.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-05-18
Roosevelt Viewing the Team. November 29, 1907
Postcard showing President Roosevelt viewing The Old Oregon Trail Monument Expedition covered wagon. Roosevelt is speaking to Ezra Meeker, the man responsible for the expedition, and other men are standing around the pair. Text on the reverse comments on Roosevelt’s interest in and support for erecting of monuments along the Oregon Trail.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Roosevelt Viewing the Team
Postcard showing The Old Oregon Trail Monument Expedition covered wagon and oxen in Washington D.C following Ezra Meeker’s trip from Washington state. Full-body portraits of President Roosevelt and Meeker have been placed to the left of the wagon. Several other people and a dog are standing around the wagon. Text on the reverse notes Roosevelt’s support for monuments along the Oregon Trail and a pending congressional bill to complete the work.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Ox Carts, Pampanga, Phillipino Islands
50–Machine for crushing sugar cane
Postcard showing an individual supervising an ox as it pulls a machine for crushing sugar cane. Charles C. Myer notes the limited scale of sugar production.
Comments and Context
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Showing a Chinese mill for crushing sugar cane, a large stone rolled on a pivot by an ox to pull it.”
Collection
Ox team in Chile
Postcard showing carts being pulled by oxen teams. Charles C. Myers notes that ox teams are used in Chile instead of horses.
Comments and Context
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This picture is only a kodak picture taken from the wondow (sic) of a car as we were riding to Santiago, but it is a common scene there along the highway. It is two four-ox carts going to market with loads of fruit.”