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It’s known for being one of America’s best collections of 19th Century horse-drawn vehicles — elegant carriages, day buggies, work wagons, coaches, sleighs, and thousands of period artifacts ...
Mackinac Island's historic carriage tours offer a rare glimpse into the past, similar to the horse-drawn experience visitors ...
The Hackney is an elegant horse breed from England that was introduced to the US in the late 1800s. This stylish horse was a top choice for pulling carriages in the 19th century and was bred ...
All were common in horse-and-buggy days -- roughly the half-century between Petaluma's founding in 1855 and the early 1900s, when horseless carriages became popular. We know of seven examples that ...
View HORSE & CARRIAGE 1833 John Frederick Herring Sr (19th Century) By John Frederick Herring Sr.; oil on canvas; 17¼ × 23 in. (43.8 × 58.4 cm) (sight) 27¾ × 33½ in. (70.5 × 85.1 cm); . Access more ...
The restoration is the institute’s 11th carriage road restoration project of the 35-mile Victorian era carriage road system that was originally built to serve 19th- century horse-drawn carriages.
A carriage horse named Ryder collapsed after a full day of work in the summer heat in Central Park. Three years later, his ...