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- Buggy Lamps, circa 1910 - Driving horse-drawn vehicles at night can be challenging. Lamps or lanterns could be mounted on buggies to help drivers find their way safely. These lamps made by the R. E. Dietz Company were appropriately named the "Night Drivers' Friend."
- circa 1910
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Buggy Lamps, circa 1910
Driving horse-drawn vehicles at night can be challenging. Lamps or lanterns could be mounted on buggies to help drivers find their way safely. These lamps made by the R. E. Dietz Company were appropriately named the "Night Drivers' Friend."
- "Full Top Cabriolet," circa 1850 - Many automotive body styles derive from horse-drawn origins. A cabriolet, as seen in this ca. 1850 wood engraving, was a light carriage with a collapsible top or roof. In automobile terminology, a cabriolet refers to a car with a folding roof.
- circa 1850
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"Full Top Cabriolet," circa 1850
Many automotive body styles derive from horse-drawn origins. A cabriolet, as seen in this ca. 1850 wood engraving, was a light carriage with a collapsible top or roof. In automobile terminology, a cabriolet refers to a car with a folding roof.
- "Petite Cabriolet," circa 1840 -
- circa 1840
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"Petite Cabriolet," circa 1840
- Horse and Buggy on Corduroy Road, circa 1900 - At the turn of the 20th century, hard-surfaced roads were found only in cities. Most American roads were rutted dirt paths. The road in this photograph fell in-between. Constructed of logs laid perpendicular along the roadway, this corduroy road was more drivable than dirt or mud, but gaps and loose logs challenged horses.
- circa 1900
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Horse and Buggy on Corduroy Road, circa 1900
At the turn of the 20th century, hard-surfaced roads were found only in cities. Most American roads were rutted dirt paths. The road in this photograph fell in-between. Constructed of logs laid perpendicular along the roadway, this corduroy road was more drivable than dirt or mud, but gaps and loose logs challenged horses.
- Printing Plate with Image of a Doctor's Buggy -
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Printing Plate with Image of a Doctor's Buggy
- Kerosene Buggy Lantern, 1890-1910 - R. E. Dietz Company's "Buckeye" was one of its most popular-selling dash lamps. This lamp could be clip-mounted to the dash of a horse-drawn buggy to help the vehicle be seen by others traveling the dark roads. The lamp could also be hung on a wall or carried by the bail handle -- a very handy lamp to have around.
- 1890-1910
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Kerosene Buggy Lantern, 1890-1910
R. E. Dietz Company's "Buckeye" was one of its most popular-selling dash lamps. This lamp could be clip-mounted to the dash of a horse-drawn buggy to help the vehicle be seen by others traveling the dark roads. The lamp could also be hung on a wall or carried by the bail handle -- a very handy lamp to have around.
- Single Buggy Harness - A harness is used to hitch a horse to a horse-drawn vehicle. This harness, which allows a single horse to pull a small buggy, uses a horse collar to place the load's weight on the animal's shoulders. The harness's various components enable the horse to pull with comfort and efficiency, and allow the buggy driver to guide the animal.
- 1880-1920
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Single Buggy Harness
A harness is used to hitch a horse to a horse-drawn vehicle. This harness, which allows a single horse to pull a small buggy, uses a horse collar to place the load's weight on the animal's shoulders. The harness's various components enable the horse to pull with comfort and efficiency, and allow the buggy driver to guide the animal.
- Deep-Side Box-Buggie, circa 1855 -
- circa 1855
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Deep-Side Box-Buggie, circa 1855
- Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy, circa 1880 - Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867, and people soon preferred these photographic prints on cardboard stock to the earlier, smaller cartes-de-visite. American commonly collected and exchanged cabinet photographs through the early 1900s. This example from around 1880 shows a man in a horse-drawn buggy.
- circa 1880
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Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy, circa 1880
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867, and people soon preferred these photographic prints on cardboard stock to the earlier, smaller cartes-de-visite. American commonly collected and exchanged cabinet photographs through the early 1900s. This example from around 1880 shows a man in a horse-drawn buggy.
- George P. Johnson with Horse and Buggy -
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George P. Johnson with Horse and Buggy