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Wq4/6069(11)
- Record Id:
- 040-003302812
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003302801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x0015ff
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wq4/6069(11)
- Title:
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The water-cart. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types)
Portrait of a metropiltan water cart, used for street cleaning: 'The men employed on the water-carts work according to the state of the weather. Thus, in summer under a hot dry wind, they emerge at early morning from the vestry yards and radiate over the parishes. During wet weather some are employed in cleansing the roads, others in carting materials for the contractors who supply the building trade...In justice to the contractors, I must express my admiration of the carts, men, and horses used in this branch of road labour. The accompanying illustration is a fair specimen of the modern water-cart and its accessories. The cart is, I believe, protected by apatent, and is assuredly of the most novel construction. The horse is typical of the class of animal used for the work — large and powerful, so as to stand the strain of incessant journeyings to and fro, and of the weight of the water in the tank. The man is a fair type of his class, being attired in a manner peculiar to water-men...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003302801
040-003302812 - Is part of:
- Wq4/6069 : Street incidents. A series of twenty-one permanent photographs, with descriptive letter-press. Photographer(s): Thomson, John
Wq4/6069(11) : The water-cart. Photographer: Thomson, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003302801[0011]/040-003302812
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wq4/6069
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photomechanical Print
Woodburytype - Start Date:
- 1876
- End Date:
- 1877
- Date Range:
- 1876-1877
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 86 mm x 115 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomson, John
- Subjects:
- Sanitation
Street Scenes
Street cleaning