© McCord Museum
Photograph, glass lantern slide
Horses, Western Canada, about 1923
Anonyme - Anonymous
About 1923, 20th century
Silver salts and transparent ink on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
8 x 10 cm
Gift of Mr. Stanley G. Triggs
MP-0000.158.67
© McCord Museum
Horses, Western Canada, about 1923
Anonyme - Anonymous
About 1923, 20th century
Silver salts and transparent ink on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
8 x 10 cm
Gift of Mr. Stanley G. Triggs
MP-0000.158.67
© McCord Museum
Description:
"Horses: In an agricultural country, there is a constant demand for horses, a demand that has been accentuated by the European shortage. The number of horses in the West is about 2,731,996. Here are heavy draught horses on an Alberta farm."
Excerpt from "ACROSS CANADA BY C. P. R.", Section 4--The Prairie Provinces; booklet, McGill University Illustrated Lectures, 1928.