General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD BODY, WHEELS, SEATS, TONGUE, PARTS/ METAL UNDERCARRIAGE, SPRINGS, PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES/ GLASS LAMPS/ OILCLOTH MUDGUARDS/ FABRIC SEAT UPHOLSTERY WITH LEATHER TRIM/ LEATHER? & FABRIC DRIVER'S SEAT CUSHION FALL/ LEATHER PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

238.0 cm

Width

162.0 cm

Height

173.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Animal powered

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NORWOOD

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1895+

Canada

CARRIAGE WAS PROPERTY OF LATE M. MARTIN BOYD OF BOBCAYGEON, ONT. BOYD FAMILY WERE PIONEERS IN TRENT VALLEY AREA & HADEXTENSIVE LUMBER INTERESTS IN CANADA BEFORE TURN OF CENTURY. (BOYD FAMILY ARCHIVES ARE AT TRENT UNIV., PETERBOROUGH ON.)/ THIS CARRIAGE IS TYPICAL OF KINDS USED BY ENGLISH GENTRY OF PERIOD.

Function

AN EXTREMELY POPULAR OWNER-DRIVEN CARRIAGE WITH 1 OR MORE MOVABLE SEATS, SO THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE CONVERTED FROM 2 TO 4 PASSENGER CAPACITY; OFTEN AN INFORMAL OR SPORTING VEHICLE (3).

Technical

ORIGINALLY ANY LIGHT SPORTING VEHICLE, BY THE LATE 1900'S IN AMERICA THE TERM TRAP DESCRIBED ANY VEHICLE WITH SHIFTING, SLIDING ORCOLLAPSIBLE SEATS TO ACCOMODATE MORE PASSENGERS. A COMMON STYLE HAS A BACK SEATFACING TO THE REAR & A TAILGATE THAT IS LET DOWN TO SERVE AS FOOTBOARD WHEN THEREAR SEAT IS IN USE (1,2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING CAST INTO WHEEL HUBS READS 'NORWOOD/ JOSLIN/ S.E. LONDON'/ BLUE & YELLOW MONOGRAM PAINTED ON SIDES UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT CONSISTINGOF SUPERIMPOSED 'A' & 'B'/ BLACK LETTERING ON LAMPS READING 'JOSLIN/ NORWOOD'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BODY & UNDERCARRAIGE PAINTED BLACK?/ BLACK DASH, LEATHER TRIM, MUDGUARDS/ BLUE FABRIC/ BLACK PAINTED TONGUE WITH BLACK LEATHER PARTS

Decoration

YELLOW STRIPING, CONSISTING OF WIDER BAND FLANKED BY THINLINES, ON LOUVRES, WHEELS, & UNDERCARRIAGE/ SINGLE YELLOW LINE STRIPING BELOW DRIVER'S SEAT/ DECORATIVE STITCHING ON DASH