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President Franklin Pierce's Two-Wheeled Chaise
- Date of Work
- 1851
- Credit
- The Hub, New York, N.Y. Courtesy Carriage Museum of America
President Franklin Pierce's Two-Wheeled Chaise
Two-wheeled chaise built by C. P. Kimball Company of Chicago presented as a gift to President Franklin Pierce in 1851.
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