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Title |
Game Wagon/Trap, c. 1890 |
Object Name |
Trap |
Description |
Game Wagon/Trap, c. 1890. This is a two-horse drawn carriage. Metal frame and wheels are painted red. Body and seat cushions are upholstered in brown-colored leather. Vehical has white rubber tires and red metal step plates. There is a wicker boot on the side of carriage. Possibly used for hunting. Many styles of small, informal sporting vehicles with no tops proliferated during the latter part of the carriage era. Their names varied, some called Four-Wheel Dog Carts, and others named after patrons such as the Chubb Phaeton. It has a shifting seat which places it in the category of a Trap. It is suspended high on the undercarriage. The rear seat can be reversed for back to back seating, using the drop gate as a footboard. There is no reach connecting the axles. It is cut under for improved turning radius and has lamp brackets, showing it originally had lamps. The maker of the rubber tires was Kelly Springfield Tires, Springfield, Ohio, a company that remained productive into the automotive age. Maker: Henry Hooker, New Haven, CT. Part of the San Mateo County Historical Association's carriage collection. |
Date |
c. 1890 |
Creator |
Henry Hooker & Co. |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
1975.236.008 |
Dimensions |
H-74 W-68 D-96 inches |
Collection |
3D - Land Transportation Tools & Equipment |
Provenance |
From the Holbrook-Palmer Collection of the Town of Atherton. |
Notes |
[http://www.barthworks.com/cars/broadmoor/1895shootingtrap.htm] A shooting trap, also known as a hunting break, included a kennel for hunting dogs. A box between the seats could hold the hunters' lunch or captured game. This carriage currently in storage and not available for viewing. The Henry Hooker company started out in 1945 by Mssrs. G.D. Cook & Co., light carriage manufacturers in the Southern US states. Losses during the Civil War crippled the company, and G.D. Cook & Company was formed in 1863, with co-founding members being Henry Hooker, James Brewster (who went on to start the Brewster carriage company in New York), Leverett Candee and Edwin Marble. In 1868, Hooker became the company's president and changed the name to Henry Hooker & Co. [http://carriagemuseumlibrary.org/home/library-archives/carriage-manufacturers/henry-hooker-co-new-haven-ct/ 08/02/2018] |
Search Terms |
Atherton Holbrook-Palmer Hunting |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Town of Atherton |