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Horse Shoe

Metal horseshoe attached to wood to create a marsh horseshoe. These types of shoes were commonly used to prevent horses from sinking in marshes or soft ground. They would have been used by marsh farmers in the area when needing to conduct work, such as cutting hay.

Bill Marks

Thomas & Ellen Nelson

  • CA BWGPL OS9756
  • Item
  • 1880

Thomas Alexander Nelson (1861-1898) proprietor of the Nelson Foundry in Bond Head, pictured here with his wife, Ellen Pricella (Brown) Nelson. This sepia coloured studio photo was likely taken in the 1880's when bustles were fashionable.

Marion McKibbon