It started on a whim. Scott and Trish Snyder were both unemployed, without much to do. A friend of the Mantua, Ohio, couple was expecting a baby, and the Snyders, who love to carve and paint, thought, ...
In 1855 (the year of this daguerreotype), rocking horses symbolized middle-class affluence. Today, hand-carved horses are largely for the wealthy. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made ...