CART
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19770304000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 9
- Height
- 106.7
- Length
- 259.0
- Width
- 149.9
- Description
- ONE HORSE ROAD CART FOR ONE OR TWO PASSENGERS. WHEELS ARE WOOD AND PAINTED WHITE AND ORANGE; HAVE METAL RIMS. AXLE AND HUBS ARE BLACK (STEEL). FOOT RACK ALL, BUT ONE WOODEN BAR, HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE REMAINING BAR IS ATTACHED ONLY ON ONE SIDE THE METAL IS REDDISH-ORANGE COVERED WITH BLACK PAINT IN PLACES. SPRING MECHANISM IS PAINTED BLACK. SHAFTS ARE PAINTED ORANGE. PAINT IS WORN OFF AT ENDS. LEATHER TONGS (ALSO PAINTED ORANGE) ARE WOUND AROUND THE ENDS OF THE SHAFTS. SEAT IS MISSING. ALL SURFACE AREAS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY PAINTED.
- Subjects
- LAND TRANSPORTATION-ANIMAL-POWERED
- Historical Association
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- CART LOCATED ON PROPERTY PURCHASED BY DONOR'S PARENTS SOUTH OF PEARCE ELEVATORS, IN GARAGE. PROPERTY INCLUDED TWO HOUSES AND PEARCE GENERAL STORE NEXT TO GARAGE. ALL ACQUIRED IN 1968. REFERENCE: SEARS ROEBUCK CATALOGUE 1900-1910. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. HEMBROFF WAS UNABLE TO FIND CORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HAROLD MASON.
- Catalogue Number
- P19770304000
- Acquisition Date
- 1977-03
- Collection
- Museum
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