Surrey (carriage)

A surrey is a doorless, four-wheeled carriage popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually two-seated and holding for four passengers, surreys had a variety of tops that included a rigid, fringed canopy, parasol, and extension.^[1] The seats were traditional, spindle-backed (often upholstered), bench seats. Before the advent of automobiles, these were horse-drawn carriages.

The name is short for "Surrey cart", named after Surrey in England, where they were first made.^[2]

In popular culture

The American surrey was famously celebrated in the song "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" from the musical Oklahoma!.

Gallery

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  Line-art representation of a horse-drawn surrey.
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  1890 Canadian open-top surrey once used in Vancouver.
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  1900 Spider Surrey, New York
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  1904 Knox Surrey, an early adaptation of the concept to the motorized era.

See also

• Carriage
• Horse-drawn vehicle

References

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