Story: Transport of animals
On small coastal ships and river barges, cattle were much more difficult to handle than sheep. This bullock, in the 1930s, is suffering the indignity of being loaded using the vessel’s hoist, with a harness strapped around its torso and behind its front legs.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, D. Phillips Collection
Reference: 1/2-056949; F
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