http://cnymod.blogspot.com/2017/08/lehigh-valley-depot-at-rushville-ny.html
According to "Horse-Drawn Commercial Vehicles" by Don H. Berkebile, this style vehicle is known as a wagonette-omnibus. It was very popular with railroads and hotels:
"By the end of the nineteenth century, as it came to be considered more practical for the purpose, the wagonette had nearly supplanted the hotel coach."
Thanks Steve!
Beyond a doubt it's a station wagon.
ReplyDeletewas my first thought as well
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