Wagon jack
Classification:
Date:
1775-1825
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 49.5 x 20.3 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden wagon jack with iron crank, ratchet, and other features; traces of red paint.
Object Number:
Z.767
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
26194
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Conastoga wagon jack
Classification:
Date:
1775-1800
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 58.4 x 19 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Wooden wagon jack with iron crank, ratchet, and other features; jack is tarred.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.290
Gallery Label:
The accession record states that this wagon jack dates from 1786, but provides no information for confirmation.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26192
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Child's Cart
Classification:
Date:
1865-1895
Medium:
Metal, wood, leather, textile, paint
Dimensions:
overall (without handle): 38 x 57 x 23 in. ( 96.5 x 144.8 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
Child's pull cart with four wheels, oval, open body with two seats and a fixed canopy; painted green with gold trim and eagle crest; red leather interior, orange and red velvet canopy lining and fringe; earlier blue paint visible.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hudson River Museum
Object Number:
1947.301
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this type of child's cart was used in Central Park in the 1870s and 1880s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
23138
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Station Brougham, ca. 1896
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
ca. 1896
Medium:
Mixed
Dimensions:
Overall: 80 x 127 x 65 in. (203.2 x 322.6 x 165.1 cm)
Overall (On site measurement): 80 x 66 x 130 in. (203.2 x 167.6 x
Description:
Body painted black, running gear red, trim, drab whipcord inside, woven cane lining, blue broadcloth box-seat; wheels, wooden hubs, two-piece rims, rubber tires, Collinge's axles; hand-brake; double elliptic springs. Accessories: square lamps, wheel wrench, rubber mat.
Object Number:
1938.393
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
22909
Exclude from TMS update:
OFF
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Hansom Cab
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1895-1902
Medium:
mixed.
Description:
Body painted black, running gear yellow with black striping; trim, black morocco; wheels with wooden hubs, two-piece rims, rubber tires, Collinge's axles; two side and one cross spring.
Accessories: square kerosene lamps, set of harness.
Object Number:
1945.146
Marks:
inscriptions: hub caps marked: "Burr & Co. Broadway 254th St. New York"; Harness marked: "M & M" [Martin & Martin, N.Y.C.].
Gallery Label:
came from the Cochrane Estate, Strawberry Hill, Stamford. CT.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1902
eMuseum Object ID:
22908
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Hose Wagon of the Exempt Firemens Sons of Morrisania, N.Y., ca. 1875
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Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Mixed
Dimensions:
Overall: 89 x 142 x 56 in. ( 226.1 x 360.7 x 142.2 cm )
Description:
Hand-drawn hose cart. Organization labels painted on various parts of the cart.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoffmire and Miss Margaret Hoffmire
Object Number:
1949.175
Marks:
inscription: Exempt Firemens Sons of Morrisania
inscription: Exempt Sons Association
Gallery Label:
This hose cart was used by the Exempt Firemens Sons of Morrisania, an old volunteer fire company in the Melrose district, now in the Bronx. They were affiliated with the Exempt Firemen of Morrisania, who were located in a fire house on 3rd Avenue near 147th Steet (still standing). The exempt Sons Association, incoroprated in 1907, was disbanded in 1940. The hose cart was paraded in the Bronx Borough Day celebration in 1927.
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
22129
Exclude from TMS update:
OFF
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High wheel bicycle
Classification:
Date:
1883
Medium:
Iron, rubber, wood, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 65 x 27 x 69 in. ( 165.1 x 68.6 x 175.3 cm )
Description:
Columbia high wheel bicycle with iron frame; large front wheel with metal frame and spokes and hollow hard rubber tire; smaller wheel lacks tire; hand brake on right side only; leather-covered wood seat and wood handles; front wheel supported by iron stand.
Credit Line:
Gift of Winslow Tracy Williams
Object Number:
1926.31ab
Gallery Label:
This Columbia high wheel bicycle was ridden about 10,000 by the donor, from Connecticut to Buffalo, New York, through Canada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Long Island, the Berkshires, and the White Mountains (see letter from donor dated November 4, 1926 in object file).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
22068
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire Engine, Protection Engine Co. No. 5, Melrose, Morrisania, N.Y.
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1857
Medium:
Mixed
Description:
Hand-drawn and hand-power engine. Painted on front of carriage: "org' Melrose, Sep. 25th 1852"; on rear of carriage: "Respect all. Fear none"; on side "Protection 5". Varnished panels, running gear painted tan, striping gold and black. Accessories: one hurricane lamp, hinged pole, copper ram, short hose.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 12 surviving members of Protection Engine Co. No. 5, Benevolent Association of Melrose, 1929
Object Number:
1929.151
Gallery Label:
Built in 1857 for Melrose Protection Co. No. 5 in the Bronx, and used until 1874, when Morrisania was annexed to NYC.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
20066
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Sleigh
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
wood, steel, leather and cloth.
Dimensions:
Overall: 60 x 90 x 53 in. ( 152.4 x 228.6 x 134.6 cm )
Description:
(a) sleigh, painted black with yellow runners, with shaft for a pair of horses (b).
Credit Line:
Gift of E. Victor Loew
Object Number:
1941.918ab
Gallery Label:
The winter months in nineteenth-century New York were ideal for travel and pleasure driving, as packed snow and ice provided a much preferable surface to the usual rough roads. This elegant sleigh, manufactured by leading New York City carriage manufacturer Brewster & Company, features sweeping lines, a boldly curved dash, and graceful ironwork scrolls, as well as a rumble seat. Accompanied by the ringing of sleigh bells, which alerted pedestrians and other vehicles of its approach and provided a musical backdrop, this one-horse sleigh ferried its driver and passengers around the city in high style.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
19747
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Fire Engine of Nereid Engine Co. No. 1, Wakefield, New York.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889-96
Medium:
Mixed
Description:
Hand-drawn engine.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hon. William W. Penfield, 1933
Object Number:
1933.34
Gallery Label:
Used by Nereid Engine Co. No. 1, Wakefield, in the Bronx, which was organized in 1889 and disbanded in 1896.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
19288
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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