Avery Oxen Postcard

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James Avery of Buckland, Massachusetts, made it his mission to raise the world’s largest oxen, and he succeeded: his largest ox, Mack, weighed 4,760 pounds. This postcard shows one measure of oxen strength, the weight pull. Oxen were harnessed to a sled loaded with weight. They were then urged to pull it a specified distance. Avery’s oxen broke the world record in the pull twice. Their heaviest load pulled was 11,284 pounds. James Avery exhibited his oxen from 1894 to 1906; eventually, he had raised six enormous animals. By 1906 his shows were no longer profitable and he stopped touring.

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Item typePhotograph
Postcard
Date1903–1908
PlaceBuckland, Massachusetts
TopicAnimals
Social Activities, Entertainment, Recreation
Commerce, Business, Trade, Consumerism
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography
Dimension detailsHeight: 3.62 in Width: 5.50 in
Catalog #2001.24.03
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Avery Oxen Postcard. Photograph. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/2001-24-03/. Accessed on October 10, 2024.

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