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Horsepower Then and Now in Rural America
A nostalgic overview of horse power in the early nineteen hundreds detailing horses as primary movers for transport, farming, and city life. It contrasts horse drawn work with emerging automobiles and notes livery stables, blacksmiths, carriages, and the social role of horses and the shift to engine power. The piece closes with the idea that modern horsepower is bought by global buyers, replacing traditional Dobbin driven work.
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United States of America
Dobbin
Fire Department
Elms
Summit Avenue