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<p>[QUOTE="Kronos, post: 239069, member: 81"]I had the same thought of it being a funeral car when I first saw it. I had seen the information about Brigham Young not having one though. The way it's identified as a Chariot i thought was interesting. Why Chariot. Why Brigham Young when it visually doesn't seem to have anything to do with him or his religion. If it's a joke, what exactly is it poking fun at?</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess a type of Circus Wagon is the best way to describe it without more information. There were certainly ones as ornate as this one back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's one thing I do like about working with old paper/photographs/ephemera. You usually seem to learn something interesting either by the subject matter itself, or by doing research on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kronos, post: 239069, member: 81"]I had the same thought of it being a funeral car when I first saw it. I had seen the information about Brigham Young not having one though. The way it's identified as a Chariot i thought was interesting. Why Chariot. Why Brigham Young when it visually doesn't seem to have anything to do with him or his religion. If it's a joke, what exactly is it poking fun at? I guess a type of Circus Wagon is the best way to describe it without more information. There were certainly ones as ornate as this one back then. That's one thing I do like about working with old paper/photographs/ephemera. You usually seem to learn something interesting either by the subject matter itself, or by doing research on it.[/QUOTE]
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