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Monmouth Horse Shoe – Vintage Wall Art

Monmouth Horse Shoe, n/a — historic photograph
Monmouth Horse Shoe, n/a. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Monmouth Horse Shoe in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The title "Monmouth Horse Shoe" points to a racing setting, possibly a racecourse, but the record itself is unverified and gives no date or location details. The name appears on the negative or its caption card, which the Bain News Service typically wrote from quick press notes. Bain's news staff worked in New York in the early 1900s, photographing sporting events, street scenes, and public figures, so pictures like this one often capture the crowds, equipment, and everyday routines of the period. Glass negatives from this collection preserve those details in sharp tonal range, and they remain useful for anyone studying the look of early news photography.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan942 × 711 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-11872

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