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Description: BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCTION OF PEN & INK DRAWING; DEPICTS TEAM OF HORSES PULLING WAGON LOADED WITH LOGS. "THE BROKEN ROUGHLOCK" AND "E.F. HAGELL" FORMERLY HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT OF MATTE.

History: BY DONORS' FATHER, EDWARD FREDRIC HAGELL (1895-1964). DESCRIPTION READS "MOST HEAVY LOADS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS ARE LOCKED OR BRAKED BY DRAGGING A WHEEL ON A SHOE OR A CHAIN ATTACHED TO THE LOAD AND THE WHEEL SO THAT THE LINKS DRAG UNDER THE RUN IN THE ROAD BED. THIS IS NECESSARY AS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE WHEEL TEAM TO HOLD A HEAVY LOAD FROM GAINING MOMENTUM. IF THE ROUGHLOCK BREAKS OR FOR ANY REASON THE LOAD GETS OUT OF CONTROL, ONE OF THE GREATEST DANGERS IS FOR THE LEAD TEAM'S DOUBLE TREES TO GET UNDER THE FEET OF THE WHEEL TEAM AND THROW OR DRAG ONE OF THE HORSES, MAKING THE STEERING OF THE LOAD IMPOSSIBLE OR POSSIBLY THROWING THE WHOLE LOAD IN THE DITCH. IT IS NECESSARY, THEREFORE, FOR THE TEAMSTER TO KEEP HIS TEAM RUNNING CLEAR OF THE WAGON, IF POSSIBLE." SEE PERMANENT FILE. ORIGINAL WORK DONE IN 1931. DRAWING REMOVED FROM MATTE AND FRAME MARCH, 2010. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDANCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.