Pie wagon, ca. 1897
date: label: date made
content: ca 1897
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joseph F. Robinson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.330651
label: catalog number
content: 330651
label: accession number
content: 299303
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ambulance
label: Other Terms
content: ambulance; Road; Veterinary
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 59 in x 39 in x 52 in; 149.86 cm x 99.06 cm x 132.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 1/4 in x 40 in x 62 in; 145.415 cm x 101.6 cm x 157.48 cm