Q) We have a lot of good harness in our museum collection, but no member of the staff really knows anything about how to care for it properly. Can you help? A) We recently asked Gerry Glazier, who has cleaned the harness here at the CAA office as well as for several museums, what he […]
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It is safe to say that most carriage collections do not include a bandwagon, however, many historical societies and museums have photographs of community bandwagons within their collections. Those vehicles can look very different from each other leading to the question, “Are there different types of bandwagons?” Richard E. Conover, in his book, The Fielding
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Summer is here and so is the pleasure driving show season! Just getting started in carriage driving? Here are a few things to know before you go to your first carriage driving show. “Brown or russet harness is appropriate for vehicles of natural wood finish, black harness with painted vehicles.”¹ In all cases your lines
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