this is a stagecoach museum in San Diego's Old Town, (now a state park / tourist attraction) it was the original settlement in San Diego

Tere did a much better job of posting a thorough gallery of this museums wagons and stagecoaches, see it here http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/05/seeley-stable-museum-in-old-town.html

Look at these leather straps that make the suspension

This is amazing, 30, 40 pounds of leather straps holding the cab over the chassis

I bet nothing in Racine remains of this Mitchell Lewis & Co

The above and below are Studebakers, the only company I've heard of to transition from carriages to automobiles