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Hold Your Horses: Bartow-Pell’s Carriage House
Danger! Keep Out! These were the ominous signs on a dilapidated outbuilding at Bartow-Pell in the 1980s. More than a century earlier, however, the air would have resonated with the clip-clop of horse shoes, an occasional whinny, and the smell … Continue reading →
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Tagged 19th-century carriage houses, 19th-century carriages, 19th-century horse stalls, Andrew Jackson Downing, Bank barns, Barn cupola, Bartow estate, Carriage house and stable, Cisterns in stables, Hay lofts, Hay platform, Hillside barns, James Goold, Side-hill barns, Urine gutters in stables
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Dashing Through the Snow! Sleigh Riding in the 19th Century
“Ah! This looks like winter!” Snow started to fall in New York City at around two o’clock in the morning on Wednesday, January 21, 1846. It snowed hard all day, “and it wasn’t any of your common, pin-feather snow but … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albany cutter, Currier & Ives sleigh scene, Cutter, East Fishkill, Harness racing, James Goold, Jingle Bells, Mail sleighs, Milk sleighs, Moonlight sleigh rides, Omnibus sleighs, Petal bell, Sleigh bells, Sleigh frolics, Sleigh racing, Sleigh riding, Sleighing, Sleighing in Central Park, Sleighing in New York City, Sleighing in the 19th century, Sleighing songs, Stage sleighs, Trotters, William Augustus Bartow
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