Donkey as Pack Animal

Description

Donkey used for carrying milk to the village from the hillside, outside a stone barn at West End Farm, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Mr. Bostock, the donkey's owner, attaches milk cans to a home-made pack saddle worn by the donkey. Donkeys were once also used in this area as pack animals for the lead mines. Manure cart visible in background. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1574. With typed note. Originally held in Photo File: Communications - By Land.

Metadata

Identifier xnzt2r5d
IRN 412522
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1573
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xnzt2r5d
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Communications by Land: Photocards
Creator(s) Kissling, Werner
Date August 1962
Size and Medium 1 mounted photographic print.

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