Services For Horses And Wagons | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Horses had to be shoed, and buggy wheels needed repair when broken, just as a flat tire requires the services of a garage or gas station today. This 1906 billhead illustrates the services this business supplied, even as the figures below indicate what it cost to shoe a horse in 1906.

Courtesy of the Sumter County Museum Archives.

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