A stereoview of an Indian man with a bullock cart

Title
A stereoview of an Indian man with a bullock cart
Year/Period
1890s-early 1900s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 8.9 x 17.8 cm
Accession No.
2008-02279

The bullock cart was typically used to ferry goods from the river banks and godowns into town. Though an inefficient and sometimes unreliable mode of transport, it nonetheless played a crucial role in the transportation system of early colonial Singapore before the advent of motorization.