Obedient horses – Antique Wall Art
(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 Obedient horses in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Obedient horses
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Few pictures on this board tie a horse scene so directly to a railroad's promotion. The record credits the image to F.M. Steel and gives a copyright held for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, abbreviated C.R.I. & P. The title, "Obedient horses," suggests animals responding calmly to their handlers. Railroads of around 1905 often commissioned images like this to advertise their service and the farm country along their lines. The details come from an old caption card and have not been verified, so the setting is worth checking against the cited source, *America's Yesterday's*, pages 32 and 33.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo by F.M. Steel, copyrighted for C.R.I. & P. Railway. cf. America's Yesterday's, p. 32-33. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads--Rails...; Animals--Cattle; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,194 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138234 |
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