The 1916 funeral procession of Emperor Franz Joseph I …
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKrhLVe6hXo&feature=player_embedded
January 9, 2011
… and traditional examples of national costume …
Check out these scenes from the coronation procession of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II, in 1896:
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January 8, 2011
Two very short video clips here. The first one (from Balmoral in 1896) has an awful lot of camera shake, but the view of Queen Victoria with her pony and her lap dog are worth the eye strain! The second clip (from 1897) shows a vehicle that’s more along the lines of what one would expect a queen to be riding in …
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January 7, 2011
Today, a guest post (with photos) from CAA member Gloria Burgess:
Tom and I take my mother, Florence (“Queen Mom” as we call her… the smile and hat look) to a special event annually for her December birthday. This year we went to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the annual Morman Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert.
Fellow CAA members Craig and M’Lisa Paulsen made it possible to obtain tickets for this event, which is a BIG DEAL! Our adventure included a day trip to Antelope Island and the carriage collection of Eli Anderson (another CAA member) in Tremonton, called Wagonland Adventure. Here are some pictures:
the view from Antelope Island, looking eastward toward Salt Lake City; the mountains are in the Wasatch Range, considered the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains (photo by Gloria Burgess)
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bison were introduced to Antelope Island in 1893 (photo by Gloria Burgess)
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CAA East meets CAA West: CAA members (left to right) Eli Anderson of Tremonton, Utah (owner of Wagonland Adventure and collector and restorer of Western, trade, and other historic vehicles); Dr. Tom Burgess of Bridgewater, Virginia; and Craig Paulsen of Salt Lake City, Utah (photo by Gloria Burgess)
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a small portion of Eli Anderson's carriage collection (photo by Gloria Burgess)
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And, finally, in honor of the upcoming CAA Winter Conference and Sleigh Rally … details of a couple of sleighs in Eli’s collection:
original paint and scroll work on an Albany sleigh
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... and an original-condition basket sleigh
January 6, 2011
Here’s a quick but wonderful look at downtown Los Angeles, Calif., in February 1898, with horse-drawn vehicles (even a six-in-hand) going by at speed.
Watch for the bump in the road at about the 19-second mark. How would you like to be that guy on the back seat??
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The Slower Road 