Surrey (carriage)

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

In popular culture

It 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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  1904 Knox Surrey, an early adaptation of the concept to the motorized era.

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  1890 Canadian open-top surrey once used in Vancouver.

See also

• Types of carriages

References

1. ↑ "Surrey", Encyclopædia Britannica. (Retrieved 2014-02-03.)