The George Delker Co. Buggies & Carriages. Henderson, Kentucky – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The George Delker Co. Buggies & Carriages. Henderson, Kentucky, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The George Delker Co. Buggies & Carriages. Henderson, Kentucky
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Rendered as a drawing and then photographed, this view shows the George Delker Co. buggy and carriage works in Henderson, Kentucky, a town on the Ohio River in the western part of the state. The record does not give a date, but the subject places it in the era when horse-drawn vehicles were a major American manufacturing industry. Carriage works of this kind often combined wood shops, iron work, painting and trimming under one roof, and many towns had several such firms before the automobile reshaped the trade. Architectural drawings like this one were often used for promotion or business records, so the building's layout and street setting are worth examining.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | Photo of drawing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Ky.--H-; Carriages...; Industry...--Bldgs.; Factories; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135355 |
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