Welcome to the Car and Carriage Museum!
Ask if the docent can help you with the following questions:

Useful Vocabulary:

Acetylene (n): gas made by combination of water and calcium carbide (limestone, coal, heat)

Brake (n): device for slowing/stopping a vehicle

Chassis (n): frame, wheels, machinery of vehicle on which body is supported (dictionary.com)

Coachman (n): driver of a carriage

Dashboard (n): in a car- panel beneath front window with gauges, etc for driver; in a carriage- panel at front to protect occupants from dirt, mud, water thrown up by hooves or horses

Electric (adj): produced by electricity

Gasoline (n): flammable liquid used as fuel for internal-combustion engines

Hackney (n): trotting horse used for pulling carriages

Innovation (n): something new or different, often methods

Invention (n): unique or new good, method, process, or improvement

Luxury car (n): vehicle that has better equipment, performance, comfort, etc. - often costs more

Manufacture (v): make by hand or machinery on large scale

Motor (n): small and powerful engine

Power (v): to supply force (via electricity, gasoline, etc) to operate

Revolutionize (n): bring about a radical change

Safe (adj): protected from injury, danger, accidents

Steam (n): water in form of gas, produced by boiling

Steel (n): metal formed of iron and other elements

Vehicle (n): means in which someone travels

Questions to Ask:

What kinds of innovations caused the shift from carriage to car?
What features carried over from carriages to cars?
What were new features that developed because of the car?
What happened to the horses as cars gained popularity?
How did roads change as a result of the change in transportation?
Did carriages become completely obsolete with the rise of the car?
Who was able to purchase cars and for what did they use cars?
How did the type of carriages vary by social status?
Why did people own so many carriages and cars?
Why were cars powered by different substances?

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