The Horse in motion. Abe Edgington owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 / Muybridge. – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The Horse in motion. Abe Edgington owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 / Muybridge.. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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The Horse in motion. Abe Edgington owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 / Muybridge.
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Abe Edgington, a trotter owned by Leland Stanford and driven by C. Marvin, appears here at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track on June 15, 1878. Eadweard Muybridge recorded the run as part of Stanford's wager that a trotting horse at some point has all four hooves off the ground, a question the eye could not settle and the camera could. The record gives a later dating for the print, 1940 to 1950, and lists a 1917 to 1919 photographing range that does not match the 1878 title, so the exact source of the image is worth checking before you rely on it.
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [photographed between 1917 and 1919, printed between 1940 and 1950] |
| Subjects | Hdqtrs. no. A400320. |
| Original scan | 6,106 × 4,880 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225526 |
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