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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 81631, member: 44"]Matt, welcome to the forum!</p><p><br /></p><p>Like the others have said, this definitely not a 1920s baby carriage. It could date anytime from the late 1940s - 1970s. Here are examples of baby carriages from different eras:</p><p><br /></p><p>1905-1913</p><p><a href="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3622/3432754208_c5bbe36ebb.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3622/3432754208_c5bbe36ebb.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3622/3432754208_c5bbe36ebb.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1920</p><p><a href="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3023/3013279550_b5e3c12e62.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3023/3013279550_b5e3c12e62.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3023/3013279550_b5e3c12e62.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1931</p><p><a href="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/167/404103426_7b2f75cabe.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/167/404103426_7b2f75cabe.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://farm1.staticflickr.com/167/404103426_7b2f75cabe.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1943 NYC</p><p><a href="http://thebirdfeednyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1943-in-the-park.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://thebirdfeednyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1943-in-the-park.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://thebirdfeednyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1943-in-the-park.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1953</p><p><a href="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2192/2100453950_6743dff8e5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2192/2100453950_6743dff8e5.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2192/2100453950_6743dff8e5.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>>Well, it was the very <u>late</u> 60's, but still....<</p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto here, but it was a daughter. I also agree we called this style a baby carriage. Some times they were referred to as baby buggies. Today most people don't know what they were called, and just group them into the stroller category.</p><p><br /></p><p>>I thought that was called a pram ?<</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe baby carriages pre-1930s were called prams, but we didn't in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Prams may be more of a British term?</p><p><br /></p><p>>...figure out a good price to sell it for..<</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do a Google search on "Collier-Keyworth" baby carriage, many images similar to this one will come up. Also searching around eBay will come up with several in this style. Be aware that those in an active sale/auction may be over priced, wishful thinking on the part of the sellers. You need to check "sold" carriages to see what they really sold for. Here are some active sales:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=1950s+Baby+carriages&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H1.X1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages.TRS1&_nkw=1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages&_sacat=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=1950s+Baby+carriages&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H1.X1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages.TRS1&_nkw=1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages&_sacat=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=1950s+Baby+carriages&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H1.X1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages.TRS1&_nkw=1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages&_sacat=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 81631, member: 44"]Matt, welcome to the forum! Like the others have said, this definitely not a 1920s baby carriage. It could date anytime from the late 1940s - 1970s. Here are examples of baby carriages from different eras: 1905-1913 [URL]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3622/3432754208_c5bbe36ebb.jpg[/URL] 1920 [URL]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3023/3013279550_b5e3c12e62.jpg[/URL] 1931 [URL]http://farm1.staticflickr.com/167/404103426_7b2f75cabe.jpg[/URL] 1943 NYC [URL]http://thebirdfeednyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1943-in-the-park.jpg[/URL] 1953 [URL]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2192/2100453950_6743dff8e5.jpg[/URL] >Well, it was the very [U]late[/U] 60's, but still....< Ditto here, but it was a daughter. I also agree we called this style a baby carriage. Some times they were referred to as baby buggies. Today most people don't know what they were called, and just group them into the stroller category. >I thought that was called a pram ?< Maybe baby carriages pre-1930s were called prams, but we didn't in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Prams may be more of a British term? >...figure out a good price to sell it for..< If you do a Google search on "Collier-Keyworth" baby carriage, many images similar to this one will come up. Also searching around eBay will come up with several in this style. Be aware that those in an active sale/auction may be over priced, wishful thinking on the part of the sellers. You need to check "sold" carriages to see what they really sold for. Here are some active sales: [URL]http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=1950s+Baby+carriages&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H1.X1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages.TRS1&_nkw=1950s+Collier+Baby+carriages&_sacat=0[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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