For today: a glimpse (c. 1912) of the New York Public Library.
The streets are filled with pedestrians, cars, a motorized bus, and several types of horse-drawn vehicles. And there’s even a bicyclist and a dog. Enjoy looking around …
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horses & driving
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June 10, 2014
cars, buses, trucks, and carriages, oh my
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May 28, 2014
want to watch some carriage driving?
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I’ve just found out about this, I’m afraid … more than a week into the event. But better late than never, right?
If you’d like to watch some carriage-driving classes — or hunter classes, or side-saddle classes, or Saddlebred classes, or any of the other classes — at this year’s Devon Horse Show, you can watch it all, live and free of charge, at the USEF Network website. The show continues through this weekend.
Enjoy!
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April 8, 2014
carriages in Norway
Posted by Jennifer under carriages / carriage types, history, horses & driving1 Comment
One of our CAA members is the curator at Norway’s Folkenborg Museum.
He wrote, “In 2013, the one-hundredth anniversary of Norwegian women’s right to vote was celebrated around the country. Many Norwegian museums hosted exhibits focused on women’s liberation and the progress made since 1913.
“As a carriage museum, we chose to focus on the difference between ladies’ and gentlemen’s vehicles. Typical carriages and sleighs, along with historical photos, illustrated women’s approach to carriage driving.”
Here are a few photos that were featured in the exhibit. These are all from Mr. Hoie’s archives, and he provided the captions.
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First, a royal coachman with a lady’s Cutter hitched to a Fjord horse, from the royal court of Norway / Queen Maud, c. 1910 …
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Two young girls with their pony and Governess Cart, c. 1920 …
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A young lady driving her pony to a two-wheeled Dog-cart, in Oslo, c. 1890. The vehicle is by Brainsby & Sons of Long Acre, London, and is in the museum’s collection …
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Two ladies in a ladies’ Phaeton, with the groom driving, in Ostfold county, c. 1900 …
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A line drawing, by T. Odegaard, of a ladies’ Phaeton with a wicker main seat …
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April 3, 2014
now THAT was a river crossing
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I had an email this morning from Andreas Nemitz (of the fabulous-looking Coaching in Bavaria horse-drawn tours).
He said that, over the last couple of days, as he was reading Mr. Johnson’s story of trying to cross a swollen river, it reminded him of one of his crossings of the River Ombrone in Tuscany. (There were two horse-drawn vehicles on the trip, so people on each vehicle took photos of the other.) …
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Mr. Nemitz assures us that the crossing looked far more dramatic than it actually was.
March 27, 2014
Here’s what I want to know: Did the person in charge of the delivery wagon on the right side of this street in Saginaw, Michigan (c. 1908) actually park it there, or did the horse decide to climb the curb on his own?
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The Slower Road 