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(ca 1856-67)
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St. Julien, a trotter, set world records for the mile, at just a little over two minutes.
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| St. Julien with Sulky & Driver (ca 1891) |
George Washington chose this pacifist symbol for the cupola atop his home in Mount Vernon.
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| Dove of Peace (1787) |
Archers were a common motif because an arrow's tip always pointed in the direction of the wind.
This vane commemorates the first airplane flight across the English Channel.
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The Bleriot XI Monoplane (1909-14)
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Archer/Sagittarius (ca 1860-80)
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| The Warren Dragon (ca 1891) |
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Squirrel Eating a Nut (ca 1870)
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Setter (ca 1893)
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People once left notes inside this pine weathervane.
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| Heart & Hand (1839) |
Cast iron weathervanes like this one were extremely heavy to mount.
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| Farmer with Team of Horses and Plow (ca 1870) |
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