1882 Engraving Shows Opening of Coaching Season From Hotel Brunswick to Pelham Bridge

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On February 11, 2005, I posted to the Historic Pelham Blog an item entitled "Col. Delancey Kane's 'Pelham Coach', Also Known as The Tally-Ho, Is Located". The item detailed a little of the history of the the Pelham Coach that began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and Pelham Bridge on May 1, 1876.

Coaching to Pelham became a seasonal joy for many New Yorkers between May and October of each year for a number of years beginning in 1876. I recently located an engraving of the opening of the 1882 coaching season that likely depicts Col. Delancey Kane and his Tally-Ho.

The engraving was published in the May 27, 1882 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper at page 213. A digital image of the engraving appears below. The caption beneath the engraving reads: "NEW YORK CITY.-RENEWAL OF THE COACHING SEASON-PREPARING FOR THE START FROM THE HOTEL BRUNSWICK TO PELHAM BRIDGE.-FROM A SKETCH BY A STAFF ARTIST.-SEE PAGE 315."

The staff artist appears to have been A.B. Shults. Since I do not have the associated article, I cannot state with certainty that the coach shown depicts Col. Kane's Tally-Ho (several such coaches ran to Pelham Bridge and other nearby areas over the years), it seems likely that the image does depict the Tally-Ho.


To learn much more about Col. Kane and his Tally-Ho, see Bell, Blake A., Col. Delancey Kane and "The Pelham Coach", The Pelham Weekly, Vol. XII, No. 38, Sept. 26, 2003, p. 1, col. 1.

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