Pie wagon, ca. 1897
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Object Details
- Description
- In 1885, Henry Copperthite established a wholesale pie baking company in the Georgetown section of Washington, D. C. By the turn of the century, his “Connecticut pies,” named for the state where he had learned his trade, were very popular throughout the nation’s capital. The Georgetown bakery produced more than 10,000 pies each day, and a fleet of horse-drawn wagons delivered them to grocery stores and restaurants. The child-size, pony-drawn wagon in the collection of the National Museum of American History was used in parades and other advertising activities according to Copperthite descendants.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Joseph F. Robinson
- ca 1897
- ID Number
- TR.330651
- catalog number
- 330651
- accession number
- 299303
- Object Name
- ambulance
- Other Terms
- ambulance; Road; Veterinary
- Measurements
- overall: 59 in x 39 in x 52 in; 149.86 cm x 99.06 cm x 132.08 cm
- overall: 57 1/4 in x 40 in x 62 in; 145.415 cm x 101.6 cm x 157.48 cm
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_843070
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8075-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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