New York Coach-Maker's Magazine 1859 - 1868

This print of a "Deep-Sided Buggy," was engraved by E.M. Stratton for the *New York Coach-Maker's Magazine* sometime in the 19th century. We see here how technical drawings, such as this one, became increasingly important in industrial manufacturing. The *New York Coach-Maker's Magazine* offers a fascinating window into the culture of industrialization that swept across the United States during the 1800s. Increased manufacturing created a need for expert knowledge, and industry-specific journals such as this one were intended to disseminate up-to-date information about the latest technologies. The coach-maker's magazine, a relatively obscure source, reveals the social world that made such industrialization possible. Primary sources like this one provide social historians of art with valuable information that puts images into their institutional and economic context.