Studebaker buckboard

[jetboat]

can anyone help me guess the age of this tailgate by the script on it?

[rockne10]

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[jetboat]

Thank You,I had a heck of a time just getting the pic. to load, once it got there I quit.

[Mrs K Corbin]

Hope you got the rest of the wagon. That's cool.

[jetboat]

sorry, I didn't it had been sold a few years back, but I did get a pic. of a Studebaker wagon they used to give kids rides at xmas. time, there was 5 buggies in the carrage house but none were Studebaker that I could tell, no markings at all on any of them to prove their make.

[studeclunker]

Okay, first of all, a Buckboard wouldn't have a tailgate as they have no box. A baggage rail is all there is. So likely this came off a Spring Wagon of some sort. I can't tell without a pic of the whole tailgate.

[jetboat]

I don't know why they are up side down ,that just started to do that.

[studeclunker]

Okay, if the original wagon is in the clipping, then it was a run-of-the-mill Farm Wagon of which Studebaker made millions. Wagons of that type were the bread and butter of the company, right up till horse drawn production ceased.

[rockne10]

... right up till horse drawn production ceased.

That would be 1920?

[Studebaker Wheel]

Over the years I have received a number of inquiries involving the dating of horse drawn vehicles. In the 1852-1920 era Studebaker made literally hundreds of different styles of wagons, buggies and carriages and there was no such thing as "model years" as they changed very little (or not at all) from year to year. Bottom line is that there is no way to determine the year of manufacture of any particular vehicle. Having said that it is possible to say this particular item comes from a vehicle made before 1911. That was the year that the company was incorporated (publicly traded stock) and the name changed from the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company to the Studebaker Corporation. From the looks of the style of lettering I am guessing late 19th century.

[studegary]

I don't know much about these. It struck me as odd that it would have; "made by" rather than just the company name.

[jetboat]

The tail gate is only about 36 inches wide and 7 inches tall, the one in the clipping is bigger and it is gone also. Thank you Richard, my wife thought that would tell someone something .I am happy to have it and the 20 dollars I paid was great.

[studeclunker]

36" was a standard width of a wagon box. By the look of your tailgate, dry rot was why the tailgate broke off. Hence, the reason it was separated from the wagon when it was sold.

[jetboat]

Thank you all, I just found it interesting so for 20 dollars it's wall art.