Red Cutter (Campbell Bros.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. W. A. Thomson, 1985
Object number1985.025.001
Label TextJohn Campbell opened this carriage works on King Street in 1865. Trained as a blacksmith, Campbell immigrated from Scotland in 1848. After working in Marcus Holmes’ carriage factory, he opened his own business in 1855. Responding to Canada’s westward expansion, he opened a carriage building shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the 1880s. Workers at Campbell’s factory manufactured this cutter in the late 19th century. Before the automobile, Londoners relied on horse-drawn vehicles like this to transport themselves and their goods. The arrival of the railroad in 1853 did not change this. People and freight needed to move to and from the train station.
NameCutter
CopyrightPhoto Credit: Toni Hafkenscheid
