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The celebrated trotting mares Maud S. and Aldine, as they appeared June 15th 1883: At the gentlemen's driving park, Morrisania, N.Y. driven by their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, Esq. – Vintage Print

The celebrated trotting mares Maud S. and Aldine, as they appeared June 15th 1883: At the gentlemen's driving park, Morrisania, N.Y. driven by their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, Esq., [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1883. — antique lithograph
The celebrated trotting mares Maud S. and Aldine, as they appeared June 15th 1883: At the gentlemen's driving park, Morrisania, N.Y. driven by their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, Esq., [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1883.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare antique lithograph captures The celebrated trotting mares Maud S. and Aldine, as they appeared June 15th 1883: At the gentlemen's driving park, Morrisania, N.Y. driven by their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, Esq. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The celebrated trotting mares Maud S. and Aldine, as they appeared June 15th 1883: At the gentlemen's driving park, Morrisania, N.Y. driven by their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, Esq.

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This lithograph shows two of the most talked-about trotting mares of the 1880s, Maud S. and Aldine, on June 15, 1883, at the Gentlemen's Driving Park in Morrisania, New York. Their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, is shown driving them himself, which underscores how closely wealthy horse owners were tied to the harness-racing craze of the period. Currier & Ives issued many prints of trotters during these years, and such images were popular with a public that followed record times and famous matches as closely as it followed baseball scores.

Created / published[New York] : Currier & Ives, 1883.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1880-1890.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1016.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,052 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175425

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