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[Shoeing the horse] – Vintage Wall Art

[Shoeing the horse], c1878. — historic print
[Shoeing the horse], c1878.. Historic print 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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Few details survive for this print beyond a date of about 1878 and a copyright deposit number, so the scene itself carries most of the story. In the late nineteenth century, shoeing was a routine necessity, since horses pulled wagons, carriages and streetcars over rough roads and wore through iron quickly, which made the farrier one of the busiest tradesmen in town. Prints of everyday work like this were often registered for copyright. An unverified note on the shelflist card links the work to a name, Dumont, but that attribution should be treated with caution.

Created / publishedc1878.
Medium1 print.
NotesJ6667 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Dumont.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,230 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126086

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