Central Park Goat Carriage (Souvenir Postcard)

Anonymous, American, 19th century

ca. 1894 · Lithograph on card · Drawings and Prints

This souvenir postcard shows two goats pulling five children in a minature carriage, with a uniformed attendant walking along side. A boy drives seated next to a girl on the box, both well dressed, and two girls and a boy sit in the back. Goat rides were offered to children in the vicinity of the Mall between 1869 and the early twentieth century (also see a related but less realistic lithograph by Henry Schile and George Schlegel, published 1873, "Preparing for a Drive", 54.90.1077).

Artist

Anonymous, American, 19th century

Date

ca. 1894

Medium

Lithograph on card

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008