Cunningham CarriagesWelcome! The drawings and photographs of carriages and automobiles on our Web pages are from the estate of G. Carson Baker. The images are representative of his career at the James Cunningham, Son & Company from 1899-1936 where he served first as woodworker, then draftsman, and finally Senior Body Designer in the automobile division. Carson's father, Charles, also made his career with the company before him (and with him) from 1870 until the mid 1920s, as a skilled woodcarver and special-finish carriage painter.
Our family has been working offline for the last several years to create a Catalog of Carson's image collection and we share here some of the fruits of our efforts.
The other primary resource we offer online is the complete text of "The Purusit of Excellence" a history of the Cunningham company. We created the online version of it based on a rare print edition in Carson's collection, and it's posted with permission from the Cunningham family.
