Historic Horse-Drawn Carriage Exhibit at Linden Place Museum
May 10-31, 2012 |
Linden Place Museum will exhibit its rare 1820’s horse drawn coach beginning May 10, 2012 as well as carriage-era travel accessories loaned from Bristol Historical Preservation Society, and photographs of the Senator James DeWolf coach from the collection of Bristolian Edward Castro.
This exhibit invites the viewer in to the 19th century horse drawn vehicle era when owning a coach represented money, position, and power. The Linden Place coach once carried slave trader and second wealthiest man in America, James DeWolf, from Bristol, Rhode Island to Washington, D.C. where he served in the U. S. Senate. This exhibit shares the story of horse drawn travel on rough, rutted roads in the earliest days of our nation’s history. Flamboyant industrialist Sam Colt, nephew to Senator DeWolf
and to the gun inventing Samuel P. Colt, rode the Linden Place coach in the Bristol 4th parade of which he was grand marshal.
The exhibit opens on May 10th with a free gallery talk at 7 pm by Bristolian and past 4th of July parade grand marshal, Ed Castro. The coach exhibit continues throughout May during regular tour hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and admission, including a tour of the 1810 mansion, is $8, 6$ for seniors/AAA/students and free for Linden Place members.
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Website:
www.lindenplace.org/events.htm |
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| Location Information |
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Linden Place Museum |
500 Hope Street
btwn Wardwell & State
Bristol, RI 02809 |
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united states |
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| Contact Information |
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Susan Battle |
| Email:
sbattle@lindenplace.org |
| Phone:
401-253-0390 or 401-253-0390 |
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