Cart, Dog
- Object Name:
- Cart, Dog
- Object ID:
- 1957.046
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1860-1875
- Description:
- Dog cart used in West Concord, NH, in 1870s. Light four-wheeled cart with flat floor platform and light seat with iron railing at back raised above floor, on curving wooden members at front and iron ones in rear. No floor under seat. Painted dull red, largely worn off. No marks. Hub collars very loose.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-32.5 L-50 inches
- Provenance:
- Given to NHHS in memory of George B. Little, brother of the donor, who drove the two of them to school in Concord District Number 5 in the 1870s, when he was seven and she was five. The cart was drawn by Ned, a Newfoundland dog. Ned waited in the barn next door until school was over, then pulled the cart and children home.
The cart appeared in the Concord Coach Parade on October 30, 1957, pulled by Veronica Tovey's dog, Sniff. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Chase
- Subjects:
- Carts and wagons, Dogs
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