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In 1952, The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara re-introduced the Jaunting Car to the world when they went courting in the horse drawn cart. Long before the movie, there was another romance that resulted in the Jaunting Car being the most recognizable Irish cart. In 1786, Charles Bianconi was born in Italy. […]
Among the speakers at the annual banquets of the Carriage Builders’ National Association, which have been held regularly for the past forty-two years, there have been many men of national prominence. On one occasion, in Boston, Rev. Edward Everett Hale was the principle speaker; Peter Cooper, the philanthropist, addressed the Association in New York; our
Gen. W.T. Sherman on Horse Vehicles Read More »
As Germany prepared for WWI they used mobile kitchens to feed soldiers. The cookers quickly became known as Goulash Cannons or ‘gulaschkanone’ as the furnace tube is reminiscent of a cannon barrel. Soon France, Australia, England, and the United States were creating their own version of the Goulash Cannon. There had been many previous attempts
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