U.S. Army horse stunts, Ft. Myer, Va. (prior to 1915) – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: U.S. Army horse stunts, Ft. Myer, Va. (prior to 1915), preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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U.S. Army horse stunts, Ft. Myer, Va. (prior to 1915)
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The particular thing about this picture is the setting: Fort Myer, the Army post in Arlington, Virginia, where cavalry troops trained and performed mounted demonstrations for decades before 1915. The record calls the subject "U.S. Army horse stunts," so the image likely captures riders executing trick maneuvers, the kind of horsemanship that drew crowds at post exhibitions in the early twentieth century. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., commercial studio active in the early 1900s, made and sold views of such scenes to a broad public. The glass negative itself shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age, a reminder of the fragile process behind these pictures.
| Created / published | 1915 or earlier. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Subjects | United States--Virginia--Arlington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,960 × 4,278 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-257399 |
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