Plainfield Horse Show, "Centennial", of Westchester Farms jumping hurdle, winner – Antique Print
(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 historic photograph of Plainfield Horse Show, "Centennial", of Westchester Farms jumping hurdle, winner brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Plainfield Horse Show, "Centennial", of Westchester Farms jumping hurdle, winner
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A hurdle jumper named "Centennial," entered by Westchester Farms, is the subject of this 1908 glass negative from a Plainfield horse show. The photograph catches the horse at the moment of clearing the obstacle, the kind of contest that drew large crowds to early twentieth-century horse shows. Hurdle and jumping classes tested both the horse's athleticism and the rider's skill, and winning ribbons carried real prestige among breeders and stables. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold pictures to newspapers. The title comes from the original caption data, which the Library of Congress lists as unverified.
| Created / published | 6/5/08. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 947 × 717 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1814 |
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