@coloredhistoryrepublic Double leg amputee railway signalman, James Wide, photographed working alongside his pet and assistant, Jack Baboon, in Cape Town during the 1880s. James Wide purchased a chacma baboon in 1881 and trained him to push his wheelchair and to operate the railway signals under supervision. Credit: @color_byangelina
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Pamela Bowens Brown
Wish we could train the DEMOCRATS like that!😁
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