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43: 273:, preserving the history of the carriage era and serving as an authoritative resource about animal-drawn vehicles. They maintain a collection of around 1,500 historic and contemporary books, periodicals, trade journals, collections of photographs, carriage company catalogs, carriage blueprints, and business records. The CMA maintains a carriage collection of rare and unusual vehicles, preserved in original condition for research purposes, but which are not on display. CMA has published many books, historical and contemporary. For example, its book 71: 78: 50: 29: 525:
Formed in 1960 and by 1973 had over 1,200 members scattered all over America, Canada and various parts of the world. The Association is responsible for the quarterly publication of The Carriage Journal. Every year a conference is held in a different part of America when members get together to hear
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about forming an organization for collectors and enthusiasts. In 1960, Melville invited twelve other carriage collectors to meet in New York, and the Carriage Association of America was founded "to save what relics remained of the horse-drawn era" and "to preserve the techniques of driving and the
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CAA is a membership organization for those interested in carriages and horse-drawn vehicles. The CAA maintains directories of carriage collections, carriage museums, museums with carriage collections, and driving and carriage clubs. They organize tours, driving events, educational seminars, and
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Wheeling, Ken (January 2022). "60 Years of Service: The Carriage Association of America is celebrating 60 years of service to the carriage community".
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proper use of horses in harness". Melville was named pro tem president, and in 1962 CAA incorporated with Sidney Lathem elected as president.
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was first published in 1963 as a quarterly magazine and remains the CAA's journal today. The first CAA offices were in Maine, later at
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CMA was started in 1978 as a nonprofit educational institution. As of 2023, the organization functions as a non-circulating
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approximately five times a year. They maintain a video library on driving, training, carriages, horses, and related events.
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World on Wheels: Studies in the Manufacture, History, Use, Conservation, and Restoration of Horse-drawn Vehicles
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Memberships, demonstrations, seminars, symposia, competitions, carriage museum tours, research archives
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experts speak on a variety of subjects ranging from the restoration of carriages to dressage driving.
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Working Drawings of Horse-drawn Vehicles: From the collection of the Carriage Museum of America
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Promotion of the preservation and restoration of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs
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With the advent of the automobile, private carriage driving declined and
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symposia. Since 1963 the association has published the magazine
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Man and the Horse: An Illustrated History of Equestrian Apparel
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closed down. Though some pleasure driving continued at the
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Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
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4075 Iron Works Parkway (Building D), Lexington, KY 40511
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Ryder, Jill (January 2022). "The View from the Box".
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Conservation and Restoration of Horse-Drawn Vehicles
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Conservation and Restoration of Horse-Drawn Vehicles
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Carriage Association of America (the United States)
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Carriage Association of America is located in Kentucky
Carriage Association of America is located in the United States
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Kentucky Horse Park
research library
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National Horse Show
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Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
John Seabrook's farm
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