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Reproduction of Concord Stagecoach, Wesley Jung Carriage Museum at Wade House Historic Site – Greenbush, Wisconsin
©2011 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC“Built as a replica to the actual stages that traveled the plank road between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, the Concord stage epitomized the settlement of western states and territories in the years before the arrival of the railroad. One unique feature of this vehicle is the thoroughbracing of multiple leather straps, on which the body of the coach rocked”
Stagecoach Travel Returns (see p.8) (PDF file)
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Omnibus (circa 1890), Jung Carriage Museum at Wade House Historic Site – Greenbush, Wisconsin
©2011 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC“This roof-seat, rubber-tired omnibus was used for public transportation. Carriages of this type were often used in Wisconsin by hotel and resort owners to transport guests to and from the railroad station or on excursions. This omnibus was acquired from the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright”
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Gridley Dairy Wagon (1905), Wesley Jung Carriage Museum at the Wade House Historic Site – Greenbush, Wisconsin
©2011 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC“Built in 1905 for Milwaukee’s Gridley Dairy, this wagon represents a fully restored finished vehicle…The wagon was purchased by its donor in 1937 for only $5; the dairy later attempted to buy it back during World War II when gas rationing forced the resumption of horse drawn deliveries.”
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Top Buggy (circa 1905), Wesley Jung Carriage Museum at the Wade House Historic Site – Greenbush, Wisconsin
©2011 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC“Introduced in the mid-1850s, this piano-box style of buggy became the most popular vehicle in America and used until after World War I. The modest cost of $25 to $50 for a new model made it easy for most people to afford such a carriage.”
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Omnibus Carriage (circa 1893) in the Wesley Jung Carriage Museum, Wade House Historic Site – Greenbush, WI
©2011 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC1000th picture of the day!
“This carriage was used for public transportation. The configuration of bench seats, running the length of the carriage, identifies this vehicle as a wagonette. Note the finely-executed fanciful decoration of this carriage. The side curtains were closed during inclement weather.”
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