Mackenzie King drives a Bennett Buggy in Sturgeon Valley, Saskatchewan during the Great Depression. Named after Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, automobiles drawn by horses were used by farmers too poor to buy gas during the Great Depression in Canada.
Bennett Buggy in the Great Depression in Canada
By Susan Munroe, About.com Guide
Bennett Buggy in the Great Depression in Canada
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