Pacing horse Billy Boyce" of St. Louis: as he appeared at Buffalo N.Y. Aug 1st 1868 pacing the last half mile in the second heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds and the third heat one mile in the fastest time on record 2:14 1/4" – Vintage 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 antique lithograph of Pacing horse Billy Boyce" of St. Louis: as he appeared at Buffalo N.Y. Aug 1st 1868 pacing the last half mile in the second heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds and the third heat one mile in the fastest time on record 2:14 1/4" brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pacing horse Billy Boyce" of St. Louis: as he appeared at Buffalo N.Y. Aug 1st 1868 pacing the last half mile in the second heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds and the third heat one mile in the fastest time on record 2:14 1/4"
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Billy Boyce, a pacer from St. Louis, is shown as he appeared at Buffalo, New York, on August 1, 1868, when he paced the last half mile of one heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds and ran a mile in 2:14 1/4, a time the print calls the fastest on record. Harness racing was enormously popular in the 1860s, and Currier & Ives sold many such sporting scenes to a public that followed trotters and pacers closely. The lithograph bears the names of artists Thomas Worth and John Cameron, who produced a good share of the firm's sporting subjects.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1868. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Artist: Thomas Worth and John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5072 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142880 |
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