The Slower Road

The Buckeye Buggy Co. catalog has more illustrations by Gray-Parker but, as is more usual than we saw in the Studebaker catalog, these are all in black and white.

On the first page of the Buckeye catalog, we read: “We are the only firm in Columbus that can and do make (and are not compelled to purchase elsewhere to supply our trade) a fine line of Heavy Work — closed carriages, Rockaways, platform Victorias, Cabriolets, Duquisas, Kensingtons, Premiers, etc., and, compared with this, as every one knows, the making of an ordinary line of fine Light Work is simple and easy.”

Here’s is Mr. Gray-Parker’s illustration of a Buckeye Buggy Co. Coupe Rockaway …

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… and the “cut” (the descriptive catalog drawing) of the same vehicle.

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We recently received a donation of books and old carriage catalogs for the CAA’s library (thank you, Charlie!), which included the 1891 catalog of fine vehicles from the Buckeye Buggy Company (“Arbiters of Fashions”) of Columbus, Ohio.

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Here is one of the firm’s vehicles (number 11.5), a “Wing Dash, Canopy Phaeton” …

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The catalog description of this carriage notes that it has “all the latest swells, curves, and sweeps.” It was available for $260.

I’ll have more on this catalog, including more Gray-Parker illustrations, over the next few days.