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Charles Dickens – English Carriages and their Changes

[original text from The New York coach-maker’s magazine Vol 8 1866-67, images from Modern carriages by Sir Walter Gilbey, 1905, The world on wheels by Ezra M. Stratton , 1878 or as other noted] “The disappearance of pigtails and leather breeches from the House of Commons, the rise and fall of the Stanhope gig and…

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