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January 20, 2014

a variety of carriages

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I’ll have to admit that I’d never heard of London’s Wellcome Library until this morning, when the announcement came via Twitter that the library was making more than 100,000 images available as high-resolution downloads. These represent hundreds of years of, as they say, “visual culture,” now available free of charge.

Many of the images focus on medical and scientific subjects, but I of course had to do a search for horse-drawn vehicles anyway. What the heck, right?

And I found this undated and un-captioned, but undeniably lovely, image …

January 17, 2014

ice

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While its snowing here, and the streets are a bit icy, how about a rare look inside a horse-drawn ice wagon?

This photo, c. 1925, was taken in New Orleans and also features some really lovely wrought-iron balconies.

December 20, 2013

at the train station

Posted by Jennifer under carriages / carriage types, early roads, history, horses & driving
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For today’s study of early roads, here’s a c. 1890s photo of Boston’s North Terminal train station.

This view features a wide variety of, mostly commercial, vehicles … including a “billboard” on wheels. Enjoy!

December 4, 2013

restored to its former splendor

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I’m always receiving news items from CAA members for the association’s weekly e-newsletter. So when I get an email with the subject line “Member e-News,” I usually just file it away until the next Wednesday morning, when I prepare that week’s issue.

When I opened the email from a CAA member in Belgium this morning, I found ten splendid photos. I have room for just one of them in the newsletter, but they’re too gorgeous not to share, so I’m posting them all here.

Here’s the story, as it will appear in today’s newsletter:

“CAA member Patrick Schroven (a carriage restorer in Belgium) wrote to announce that his firm has finished the restoration of their Dress Chariot by Fr. Flack of Vienna. The project took 3,900 hours to complete! Patrick wrote, ‘The carriage is set in our stable colors of cobalt blue with golden yellow, and the panels bear our family coat of arms and crest. The pure silk cloth for the interior upholstery, an exact copy from a royal carriage, was specially woven for us and the matching broadlace is true ‘épinglé’ carriage lace. This is a beautiful example of a late-nineteenth-century state vehicle and a fine addition to our private collection.'”

Curious about CAA membership (which includes subscriptions to our magazine, The Carriage Journal, and our weekly e-newsletter)? Visit the CAA’s website to learn more!

November 22, 2013