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1. Breaking Cart, c. 1910 - Cart

   Breaking Cart, c. 1910. Cart has a wooden frame that has been painted red. Seat and interior are painted black. Cart has a red upholstered removable cushion. There are brackets for two backrest cushions but only one, with black leather upholstery, is present. This is a heavy cart with a wide seat and substantial shafts used for training and exercising horses. The seat is mounted on elliptical springs. It has a hinged seat back and a slatted rear...

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2. Caretta and Oxen at Mission - Sketch

   Caretta and Oxen at Mission by C. Beltrose, 20th century. Pencil drawing on paper depicts two oxen hitched to a caretta or ox cart loaded with what looks to be cotton or some other fluffy crop. Three Californio or Indian figures with headbands, long shirts tied at the waist, cropped pants, and sandals stand at the back of the cart while one secures the back post of the caretta. To the right, a padre stands with his hand on a child's head. They ...

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3. Milk Cart - Cart, Utility

   Small milk cart used for transporting milk from the milking shed to the storage cellar. Has large ten-spoke black painted iron metal wheels, a four-plank wooden platform and a horizontal wooden handle with tapered grips mounted to cart and wheels via black painted flat iron metal brackets. There is an angled wooden crosspiece at base of handle side supports and about twelve inches above platform. Displayed with old galvanized milk can found on...

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