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BULLETIN 119, U. S. XATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Model of American Colonial Chaise. (Scale 1:6.) Made in the Museum. 



The chaise was used in the American colonies in 1770. It is the 

 " Old One-horse Shay " made famous by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 

 The body was attached to the " running gear " by leather straps ad- 

 justed by buckles. The wheels have fourteen spokes, with metal tires. 

 Axletrees, at first wholly of wood, were later strengtliened bj^ iron 

 bars and wearing surfaces. The hubs were in emergency lined with 

 thick leather when it was not possible to obtain the cast-iron " box." 



Cat. No. 181,284 U.S.X.M. 



FIG. 50. CONESTOGA WAGON FOR FREIGHT, 1800. 



Model of Conestoga Wagon. (Scale 1 : 8.) Made in the Museum. 



This wagon was used for transporting merchandise and often emi- 

 grants from the North and East across the Allegheny Mountains to 

 Wheeling and Pittsburgh, on the way toward the South and West. 

 Six and sometimes eight large horses composed the team. The four 

 wheels, strongly built, with fourteen spokes and iron tires, ran upon 

 axles of hickory often shod with iron skeins, the hubs being equipped 

 with iron boxes. Cat. No. 180,044 U.S.N.M. 



