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Horses were the ‘engines’ of 19th-century transport, essential for the delivery of goods across town. Here, horses feed and rest in Auckland’s Victoria Street in the early 1900s. Horse excrement was one of the defining smells of street life.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: 35-R33
by Frederick George Radcliffe
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