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ANTIQUE F.E. STOCKBURGER ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CARRIAGE / COACH TAG M10
Online research turned up an old business card which indicates that the F.E. Stockburger company was a manufacturer of Shetland pony carriages, surreys, Tally-Ho Coaches and harnesses although it listed Pecatonica as its location (now a suburb of Rockford). No other information on the company was found online but local historians from this area may know more.
From Wikipedia:Pecatonicais a village inWinnebago County, Illinois, United States. It is part of theRockford, IllinoisMetropolitan Statistical Area.Prior to rail traffic, this region of Northern Illinois receivedstagecoachtraffic. Alimestonehouse on Comly Road dates to this period, and there are permanent wagon wheel scars near a utility building for the 12 Mile Grove Cemetery, which is just hundreds of feet from the current corridor used byU.S. Route 20, a major east–west route through Northern Illinois. Further west, Route 20 parallels more roads which sometime bear the phrase "Stagecoach Trail".Coachesare horse-drawncarriageswhich are large, enclosed, four-wheeled, pulled by two or more horses, and controlled by acoachmanorpostilion(riders). If driven by a coachman, there is a raised seat in front for a coachman called abox,box seat, orcoach box. A coach body typically has a door on each side, a forward facing seat, and frequently another seat facing it. Coaches were built for specific purposes which includedtransporting mailortravelers, privately owned coaches, andelaborate coaches for state occasions.____
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