Record #:

9318

Author(s):

Jeter, Frank

Abstract:

Hoover carts appeared in North Carolina in the early 1930s during the Depression. When a family's Ford or Chevrolet broke and they could not afford to fix it, the car was converted into a two-wheeled cart led by a mule or horse.\r\n

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 47 Issue 11, Apr 1980, p26

Subject(s):

Transportation--History; Carriages and carts; Depressions--1929