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Covered Wagon Set Model

Covered Wagon Set Model - Model
Accession #: 4103.1
Title: Covered Wagon Set Model
Object Type: Model
Participants:
Physical Description: Model of heavy freight wagon (not classic Conestoga) (1b) rigged with fabric canopy over forest green wagon box and metal hoops (4), and red wheels. Wagon seat contains male (Amos) and female (Clara) adult figures and one child (Nora) (1h). Wagon box contains bed with pillows and blankets, and kerosene lantern (1c). The wagon is pulled by a team of eight mules (1a), named Pat, Jerry, Mollie, Katie, Bonnie, Pedroe, Beck, and Tim. The wagon drags a black surrey or buggy (1d), with room for two and a folding canopy. There is a white and black cow (1e) and two calves (1f-1g) made to follow the wagon.
Description: To narrate his life story, Amos McKee created models with wood, leather and iron parts. In 1892, 14-year-old Amos and family joined hundreds of people moving into the Inland Northwest by train. He operated a stagecoach and farmed in Dixie, Washington before marrying the new schoolteacher. The young family packed their household into a covered wagon and crossed the rugged Blue Mountains to homestead near Weiser, Idaho. Three successive drought years drove the family to Spokane where Amos worked for Novelty Carriage Works and the railroad, before retiring around 1950.
Category: History
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Folk Art (Communication)
Dimensions:
height 19"
width 10 1/2"
length 115"
Materials/Techniques:
cottonwood ( -> -> -> ->wood (plant material)->hardwood->poplar) (Material)
metal (Material)
cotton (textile) (Material)
leather ( -> -> -> ) (Material)
imitation leather ( -> -> -> ->leather) (Material)
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Gift of John and Sally Graham, 2005

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