Car near converted livery barn

[DDTJRAC]

 

Hello car people!

 

What year do you have for this car?

 

I'm thinking this is an important time capsule artifact. It shows the change from livery barn to car garage / repair. (But just a guess.) Horseshoeing operation / blacksmith was always near the livery barn.

Edited Friday at 05:40 PM by DDTJRAC (see edit history)

[keiser31]

Stirrup handle on a front opening door should be good clues. Perhaps a Cadillac?

Edited Friday at 06:01 PM by keiser31 (see edit history)

[JFranklin]

At least those guys were keeping up with the times. I see about circa 1910.

[E_Johnson]

A livery, livery stable or livery barn is where horses and/or vehicles available for hire are kept.  A livery may also board horses for a fee.
 

Unless Landisville Coach Works was renting out horses and/or horse-drawn or motorized vehicles, or boarding horses, it wouldn't be considered a livery.

Also, horseshoeing is not synonymous with blacksmithing (farrier vs. blacksmith).

[TerryB]

This postcard is on eBay too. The postmark on it is dated 1915.  Landisville is near Lancaster PA.  Neat item.

[DDTJRAC]

On 10/4/2024 at 2:26 PM, E_Johnson said:

A livery, livery stable or livery barn is where horses and/or vehicles available for hire are kept.  A livery may also board horses for a fee.
 

Unless Landisville Coach Works was renting out horses and/or horse-drawn or motorized vehicles, or boarding horses, it wouldn't be considered a livery.

Also, horseshoeing is not synonymous with blacksmithing (farrier vs. blacksmith).

 

 

Back in the day they converted livery to autos or they may have done both. This may or may not be converted, but looks like it could be from that era when cars were starting to overtake the buggy whip. 

 

 

Livery was usually near the hotel. It was the garage for the horse!

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like it cost $1.50 a day to board a horse, but that varied. The livery would also rent coaches to people for funerals. You didn't need a wagon if broke, you could rent from the livery.

 

 

 

 

Colonial Blacksmith & Home Life 1944 D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

 

Blacksmith did it all back in the day...farrier, make horseshoes and even pull teeth in foreign countries.

 

But, I'm no expert on this stuff...

 

Edited 2 hours ago by DDTJRAC (see edit history)

[DDTJRAC]

On 10/4/2024 at 2:50 PM, TerryB said:

This postcard is on eBay too. The postmark on it is dated 1915.  Landisville is near Lancaster PA.  Neat item.

Thanks! I just have a scan of the front.

[dustycrusty]

Stoddard Daytons of the era featured those "backwards" opening doors, with entry often enabled by a stirrup style handle. They also had that two-step cowl with the slightly set back windshield frame.

 

But then again, they also had front fenders with a slightly upturned leading edge...

 

BUMP!