From the Vault: W. W. Orr, Buggy Man of the 1870s and ’80s
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
I love this ad from 1878, showing W. W. Orr’s carriage shop at Main and Martin (with an open-air second-floor showroom!). Read about Mr. Orr in the Flashback Dallas post from 2014, “W. W. Orr: Buggies, Phaetons, Carriages — ‘Everything On Wheels!'”
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