Today, a popcorn wagon, horse-drawn or motorized, might be found at an antiques auction. A 15-foot-long, horse-drawn Cretors wagon from 1910 just sold at a Kamelot auction in Philadelphia for $34,000.

On the secondary antiques market, special 19th-century examples of hand-painted sleds with metal runners and cariole sleds range in value from $250 to $2,500. Antiques ...

Jennifer Royer, curator at Landis Valley, says that this is a doubletree, or spreader, for a Conestoga wagon hitch. It dates to the years 1830 to 1850, Royer says.