A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of
a dog and a tree.
In this photo, a little girl sits in front of a spinning wheel next to two large dogs who are hitched to a cart. A tree is visible behind the girl, and there's also a fence and smaller trees or bushes in the background.
This is a divided-back real photo postcard with "Made in Canada" printed on the other side. There's no message, address, or stamp on the verso, but the type of Velox stamp box design on the back may indicate that this card dates to between 1923 and 1939.
In a different photo, the same girl, spinning wheel, dogs, and cart appear, but there's also a boy sitting in the cart and the dogs are adorned with hats, glasses, and pipes (see
Spinning a Tale of Dogs in Glasses).
I have to do some more checking, but I believe that these photos may have originated in Quebec, Canada, where spinning wheels were manufactured and dog carts were used in rural areas.
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2 comments
William Sutherland said:
Deborah Lundbech said:
It would already be remarkable just showing any type of dog drawn carriage - but here they are drawing an immaculate example of a gorgeous, fairy tale-like little surrey!
And then the little girl with the spinning wheel to add to the scene!
(Are these incredibly wealthy children?)
But to raise it even higher - you’ve got the second picture with the boy at the reins and the top-hatted dogs with eyeglasses!
Words fail me.
Except I think you need to be working on a book - or showing in a gallery!