This remarkable photograph was taken on 16 July 1929, after a frightened horse bolted with its wagon and ended up in an Amsterdam canal. The horse freed itself from the wagon and swam to safety, but getting it back onto the street was another matter. Enter Sinck’s horse-hoisting machine, a mobile crane designed specifically for hauling horses out of the city's canals. Such accidents were surprisingly common; at one point the apparatus was reportedly called out around 50 times a year. Thankfully, this horse survived, cheered on by quite a crowd! #Amsterdam #1920s #SocialHistory