G. Carson's Cunningham Carriages








Welcome!    The drawings of the carriages and photographs of automobiles on these web pages are from the personal estate of G. Carson Baker, designer and senior representative for the James Cunningham & Son company during the first quarter of the 20th century. His father, Charles, also worked for the company as a carriage painter.

According to G. Carson's daughter, Margaret, when the age of the horse-drawn carriage came to a close, the company moved with technology and produced motor-driven vehicles, specializing in ambulances, hearses, and custom-made luxury motor cars.

In the mid-20th century, the factory was purchased by Gleason Works Inc., where Margaret worked for many years. The Cunningham house, located on East Avenue (not far from Kodak founder George Eastman's mansion), was also sold and was eventually torn down and replaced by a luxury apartment building. Coincidentally, Margaret resided there for a number of years in the 1970s. In the basement was a function room aptly named "The Cunningham Room" and on its walls hung many pictures of carriages and cars similar to the ones shown here.

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Introduction, colored images and black & white photographs ® Copyright 1996-2003 by the Estate of G. Carson Baker
Updated May 12, 2004.

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