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- Sightseeing in Open Tourist Carriages, circa 1900 - Around the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Americans planned sightseeing vacations. They set aside time to simply look at things, often booking tours that transported them into foreign landscapes. Perched atop these horse-drawn carriages, sightseers could absorb their surroundings and transcend the commonplace realities of their lives back home.
- circa 1900
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Sightseeing in Open Tourist Carriages, circa 1900
Around the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Americans planned sightseeing vacations. They set aside time to simply look at things, often booking tours that transported them into foreign landscapes. Perched atop these horse-drawn carriages, sightseers could absorb their surroundings and transcend the commonplace realities of their lives back home.
- Loaded Wagon on a City Street, circa 1895 - Before automobiles became practical, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. This photograph shows a team of working horses hitched to a loaded wagon.
- circa 1895
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Loaded Wagon on a City Street, circa 1895
Before automobiles became practical, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. This photograph shows a team of working horses hitched to a loaded wagon.
- Hearse Carriage outside P. Blake & Sons Funeral Building, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1915 - This photo shows a horse-drawn hearse outside P. Blake & Sons, a "funeral furnisher." Patrick Blake, the original proprietor, had been a furniture maker before selling caskets and other funeral supplies. The transition from furniture maker to undertaker was common in the 19th century, as furniture makers and woodworkers made caskets before the growth of the funeral industry.
- circa 1915
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Hearse Carriage outside P. Blake & Sons Funeral Building, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1915
This photo shows a horse-drawn hearse outside P. Blake & Sons, a "funeral furnisher." Patrick Blake, the original proprietor, had been a furniture maker before selling caskets and other funeral supplies. The transition from furniture maker to undertaker was common in the 19th century, as furniture makers and woodworkers made caskets before the growth of the funeral industry.
- Six-Horse Team and Carriage outside Board of Trade Building, Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
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Six-Horse Team and Carriage outside Board of Trade Building, Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1900
- Advertising Poster for Nelson Morris & Company Meats, 1901 -
- 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster for Nelson Morris & Company Meats, 1901