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This 1890s photograph shows a male driver with a bullock cart. A pair of oxen is yoked to the cart which is heaped with firewood. The barefoot driver sits at the front of the cart, wearing a hat and a sleeveless top. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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