Traverse City, Michigan: A beautiful day for a stroll, and a beautiful, 1970s Perego pram to make the day perfect:
Kind of a workhorse, isn’t it? It’s a reminder of why, historically, every English villager who could possibly afford a pram (and a bunch who couldn’t) bought them. When cars were few, and life more basic, a pram might hold not only the baby, but a sibling or two, and certainly all the marketing.
Look at the lines on that chassis, the fenders (!), the chrome hubcaps, and the clean, sleek lines of the bed and hood. Perego did a great job of keeping the essense of what made prams so appealing, all the way into the 1980s. (Yes, this one happens to be from the 1970s, but you could buy new classic Perego prams into the 1980s in the USA.)
I have the same carriage in tan/brown that my mother had saved from when I was a child, and now I push my daughter in it. She absolutely loves it because the suspension bouncy feel the frame gives.
Sorry I didn’t catch your comment sooner, Stacey O – I’m not getting notifications when someone sends one, and Pram Watch is on hiatus right now. I have a real soft spot for these old Peregos – unequaled comfort for everyone!