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[Bareback rider standing between two horses outside circus tent] – Vintage Print

[Bareback rider standing between two horses outside circus tent], c1904. — historic photograph
[Bareback rider standing between two horses outside circus tent], c1904.. Historic photograph from the Circus & Carnival 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 [Bareback rider standing between two horses outside circus tent] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Two horses flank a rider in this c1904 print, made outside a circus tent with the performer positioned between the animals, as if presenting both the act and the mount. Bareback riding was one of the most popular attractions under the big top in the early 1900s, and women who worked as equestrians were a visible part of that trade, which the subject headings group under women's employment. The notation on the record points to registration with the U.S. Copyright Office, one route by which commercial photographs of performers reached the Library of Congress.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH48386 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsCircus performers--1900-1910. Women--Employment--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,280 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178493

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