Object ID:
1221.029
Object Name:
Model, Instructional
Title:
Conestoga Wagon
Description:
Conestoga Wagon 1750
Museum Extension Project written on the left side of title and the P.A. WPA shield on the right side.
The Conestoga Wagons were horse-drawn freight wagons that trailed the routes along the Conestoga River and specifically the region of the river that laid in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania around 1750. These wagons share a distinct layout of curved floors and are shaded by canvas covered arches made by wood. This type of design for wagons carried on as a popular look throughout the mid-18th century and on. They were used to carry people and families from one area to another, farm products to cities, and other goods from cities to rural areas. They would often travel in areas of Pennsylvania, as well as nearby states likes Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and even Canada.
[Jackie Miller, MU]
Museum Extension Project written on the left side of title and the P.A. WPA shield on the right side.
The Conestoga Wagons were horse-drawn freight wagons that trailed the routes along the Conestoga River and specifically the region of the river that laid in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania around 1750. These wagons share a distinct layout of curved floors and are shaded by canvas covered arches made by wood. This type of design for wagons carried on as a popular look throughout the mid-18th century and on. They were used to carry people and families from one area to another, farm products to cities, and other goods from cities to rural areas. They would often travel in areas of Pennsylvania, as well as nearby states likes Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and even Canada.
[Jackie Miller, MU]
Year Range from:
1935
Year Range to:
1943
Material:
Metal, Wood, and Cloth
Dimensions:
H-7.5 W-4.5 L-16 inches
Provenance:
By WPA PA probably in 1930s. Set was in the education museum of M.S.T.C., probably on the Campus Elementary School which is now called the Retan Center, until transferred to Warren L. MIller Elementary School after it was built in 1972. Most recent location was in WLM school library.
Source:
Warren L. Miller Elementary School
Catalog Date:
06/13/2016
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Conestoga Wagon 1750
Conestoga Wagon 1750
Conestoga Wagon 1750
Conestoga Wagon 1750
Conestoga Wagon 1750
Conestoga Wagon 1750
Conestoga Wagon 1750
Conestoga Wagon 1750