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Celebrating 31st anniversary of WPSPCA horse watering stations photograph, 1939

Photograph of a woman holding a bucket for a horse to get water from a “watering station.”  The photograph was taken in support of celebrating the 31st anniversary of Women’s Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.  Once common in Philadelphia, thes...

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Collection:Philadelphia Record photograph morgue (#V07)
Date:1939-06-05
Folder Number:Folder FF 1183
Format: Electronic
Published: Philadelphia Record
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Photographs
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/4126
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Summary: Photograph of a woman holding a bucket for a horse to get water from a “watering station.”  The photograph was taken in support of celebrating the 31st anniversary of Women’s Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.  Once common in Philadelphia, these watering stations provided water for horses pulling carriages, trucks, and cable cars throughout the city and were largely installed by the WPSPCA.

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