These postcards display police officers on horseback or on horse-drawn carriages. This shows the evolution of law enforcement and how different many pre-automobile organizations such as the police force had to operate.

Although many of the postcards in this collection are of North American origin, it is important to recognize how the technology shifts affected global cultures and perspectives. The three above cards showcase some carriages used in varying European nations, used in differing ways.

This postcard is another example of the many urban uses carriages and animal-drawn vehicles had before the industrial era. Horses were commonly seen carrying passengers across city streets instead of the many methods we take for granted today.

Horses as a transportation method paved the way for an iconic profession in the American West: the cowboy. In iconography today the cowboy archetype is rarely seen without his trusty steed. (For more about transportation's role in American Western culture, please view the next page!)

A somewhat humorous example, this postcard shows not only that several animals were used during this time for transport, but also that they could be implicated in the origins of "sideshow culture". As the card clarifies, McCartney and his goats were seen almost as a traveling attraction, which can be seen as something of a prototype of modern attractions like the circus. Postcards such as this one clarify the link between the ways in which we get around and the culture that we create. 

Finally, this postcard depicts a statue of a young Andrew Jackson on his horse. The origins of advanced means of transportation are symbolized through the monument, while the family emerging from a vacation cabin are a glimpse into how far we have come since. The vacation culture that proceeded technological advances in transport will be discussed later in this exhibit.