Surrey (carriage)
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A 1909 Studebaker surrey on display at the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum in August 2015
A surrey is a "popular American doorless, four-wheeled carriage of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually two-seated (for four passengers), surreys had a variety of tops, ranging from the rigid, fringed canopy-top … to parasol and extension tops."[1] The seats were traditional, spindle-backed (often upholstered), bench seats. Before the advent of automobiles, these were horse-drawn carriages.
In popular culture
It was famously celebrated in the song "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" from the musical Oklahoma!.
Gallery
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Line-art representation of a horse-drawn surrey.
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1890 Canadian open-top surrey once used in Vancouver.
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1900 Spider Surrey, New York
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1904 Knox Surrey, an early adaptation of the concept to the motorized era.
See also
References
- ↑ "Surrey", Encyclopædia Britannica. (Retrieved 2014-02-03.)
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