Winnipeg Cab History / 18: The Horse Cab (1)
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A cab belonging to Arinbjorn S. Bardal parked in front of his funeral home about 1900. It is identified as a "hansom" cab but in fact hansoms were two-wheeled cabs named after their English inventor Joseph Hansom (1803-1882). Once automobiles made true hansom cabs extinct the name tended to be applied to any fancy (or handsome) four wheeled carriage, notably the open carriages that carry tourists through New York's Central Park.

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