Left : contemporary print depicting Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on one of the occasions when he stopped an overloaded horse car and refused to permit the driver to proceed until the excessive load was lightened ; center : photograph of Mr. Bergh about the time he founded the A.S.P.C.A. ; right : drawing showing a cartload of live sheep and calves, legs ties and thrown in a miserable heap, a practice Mr. Bergh and the society were able to stop.
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Left : contemporary print depicting Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on one of the occasions when he stopped an overloaded horse car and refused to permit the driver to proceed until the excessive load was lightened ; center : photograph of Mr. Bergh about the time he founded the A.S.P.C.A. ; right : drawing showing a cartload of live sheep and calves, legs ties and thrown in a miserable heap, a practice Mr. Bergh and the society were able to stop.
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Henry Bergh.
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Date Issued: 1800 - 1910 (Approximate)
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1d16f050-c537-012f-0826-58d385a7bc34
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1800
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Left : contemporary print depicting Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on one of the occasions when he stopped an overloaded horse car and refused to permit the driver to proceed until the excessive load was lightened ; center : photograph of Mr. Bergh about the time he founded the A.S.P.C.A. ; right : drawing showing a cartload of live sheep and calves, legs ties and thrown in a miserable heap, a practice Mr. Bergh and the society were able to stop." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800 - 1910. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d16f050-c537-012f-0826-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1800 - 1910). Left : contemporary print depicting Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on one of the occasions when he stopped an overloaded horse car and refused to permit the driver to proceed until the excessive load was lightened ; center : photograph of Mr. Bergh about the time he founded the A.S.P.C.A. ; right : drawing showing a cartload of live sheep and calves, legs ties and thrown in a miserable heap, a practice Mr. Bergh and the society were able to stop. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d16f050-c537-012f-0826-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Left : contemporary print depicting Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on one of the occasions when he stopped an overloaded horse car and refused to permit the driver to proceed until the excessive load was lightened ; center : photograph of Mr. Bergh about the time he founded the A.S.P.C.A. ; right : drawing showing a cartload of live sheep and calves, legs ties and thrown in a miserable heap, a practice Mr. Bergh and the society were able to stop." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d16f050-c537-012f-0826-58d385a7bc34
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