Central Park Goat Carriage (Souvenir Postcard)

Anonymous, American, 19th century American

ca. 1894

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This souvenir postcard shows two goats pulling five children in a minature carriage, with a uniformed attendant walking along side. A boy drives seated next to a girl on the box, both well dressed, and two girls and a boy sit in the back. Goat rides were offered to children in the vicinity of the Mall between 1869 and the early twentieth century (also see a related but less realistic lithograph by Henry Schile and George Schlegel, published 1873, "Preparing for a Drive", 54.90.1077).

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Title: Central Park Goat Carriage (Souvenir Postcard)
Artist: Anonymous, American, 19th century
Date: ca. 1894
Medium: Lithograph on card
Dimensions: sheet: 4 5/16 x 6 5/8 in. (11 x 16.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Object Number: 2018.839.116
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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