[Wagon] Farm wagons were among the most common horse-drawn vehicles in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry Beckley, a master blacksmith in St. Clairsville, Pennsylvania, built this wagon around 1860.

It remained in service for 85 years and travelled between Pennsylvania and Vermont. For part of that period, the Dibert family of Bedford County, Pennsylvania used it to carry produce to market and take supplies back to their farm.

Courtesy of the National Museum of American History, gift of Don H. Berkebile.

Beckley Farm Wagon, built by Henry Beckley (1827-1907), about 1860, eastern United States, wood and iron

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