And, finally, drawing no. 4 shows the off-side leader:
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July 9, 2011
artillery harness, number 4
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July 8, 2011
artillery harness, number 3
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Following along in the expected sequence, drawing no. 3 in our series shows the near-side leader:
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July 7, 2011
artillery harness, number 2
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Drawing no. 2 in our series of old, hand-drawn images of artillery harness shows the off-side wheeler:
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July 6, 2011
artillery harness, number 1
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Some time ago, while looking for article inspiration for the (August) frontier / military issue of The Carriage Journal, we came across a file with several old drawings of artillery harness. These are clearly hand-drawn and quite old. But, unfortunately, there is nothing on any of the pages, or in the file, to indicate their age or whence they came.
So we’ll just have to enjoy.
This drawing, no. 1, shows the harness for the near-side wheeler. I’ll share the other three in the set over the next few (well, three) days.
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July 5, 2011
I’m working at the moment on an article for the next (August) issue of The Carriage Journal, on the “Death Valley Borax Wagons” … you know, the ones that were pulled by the famous twenty-mule teams.
Which reminded me of this video that Sue Murray shot at the second Western Vehicles Symposium, held earlier this year in Santa Ynez, Calif. If you haven’t already watched the video, be sure to take a look!
The Slower Road 