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A hand truck. A hand truck, also known as a hand trolley, dolly, stack truck, trundler, box cart, sack barrow, cart, sack truck, two wheeler, or bag barrow, is an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand truck is upright. [1]
The handbarrow, also spelled hand-barrow and hand barrow, is a type of human-powered transport. It was originally a flat, rectangular frame used to carry loads such as salt cod , cheese and guano . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has handles on both ends, so two people are needed to use it.
Biggs Furniture, based in Richmond, Virginia, United States, was once a leading U.S. manufacturer of colonial reproduction furniture. [1] [2] The company flourished in the 20th century, alongside reproductions by Colonial Williamsburg by the Kittinger Company, and other mass market reproduction brands like Ethan Allen and Pennsylvania House.
Horse and cart at Beamish Museum (England, 2013) Dockworkers and hand cart (Haiti, 2006). A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand [1]) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
A peddler, under English law, is defined as: "any hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, tinker, caster of metals, mender of chairs, or other person who, without any horse or other beast bearing or drawing burden, travels and trades on foot and goes from town to town or to other men's houses, carrying to sell or exposing for sale any goods, wares, or ...
John Chislett, a survivor, wrote, "Many a father pulled his cart, with his little children on it, until the day preceding his death." [ 3 ] Although only about 5 percent of the 1846–1868 Latter-day Saint emigrants made the journey west using handcarts, [ 4 ] the handcart pioneers have become an important symbol in LDS culture, representing ...
A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (second-hand) goods. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This type of market is often seasonal. However, in recent years there has been the development of 'formal' and 'casual' markets [ 3 ] which divides a fixed-style market (formal) with long-term leases ...
Costermongers used a variety of devices to transport and display produce: a cart might be stationary at a market stall; a mobile (horse-drawn or wheelbarrow) apparatus or a hand-held basket might be used for light-weight goods such as herbs and flowers.