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The Conestoga wagon is a more robust variant of covered wagon – it has the general characteristics of being a wooden wagon with both hickory bows on top to hold up a waterproof canvas and wooden wheels. Covered wagons are generally pulled by draft horses and act as both a transport vehicle and mobile home. They were specialized vehicles for ...
Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-24396. (The Conestoga wagons were first designed and built by German settlers in Pennsylvania)
Conestoga wagon; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
Once owned by a York Springs family, a two-century-old Conestoga Wagon was moved into the new York County History Center building.
The Conestoga-type wagon is from pioneer days (an axle dates to the 1860s), but its canvas is too worn. Its wood boards have been replaced many times. Its wood boards have been replaced many times.
A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched over removable wooden bows (also called hoops or tilts) and lashed to the body of the wagon.
"Nicholas Amantea, Conestoga Wagon Jacks, c. 1941, watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper, overall: 64.5 x 32.8 cm (25 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.), Index of American Design, 1943.8.16709" IIM version 4
Conestoga Wagon Bells . Date: 1935/1942: Medium: watercolor, gouache and graphite on paperboard: Dimensions: overall: 30.8 x 40.8 cm (12 1/8 x 16 1/16 in.)