“MOUNTAIN OX SLED-- A Blue Ridge mountaineer hauls fodder from the fields on his primitive sled, which oxen drag over the roads without benefit of wheels. North Carolina hill people retain the flavor and atmosphere of their distinctive country.”

Source: Image and caption from "Mountain Ox Sled," postcard NC 4 in Variety Vacation Land, Raleigh, N.C.: Department of Conservation and Development, [1939]. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. VCp917 N87c.