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Grant & Bonner - Dexter's best time 2.16 1/4 – Antique Wall Art

Grant & Bonner - Dexter's best time 2.16 1/4, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Grant & Bonner - Dexter's best time 2.16 1/4, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print 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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Step back in time with Grant & Bonner - Dexter's best time 2.16 1/4, a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Grant & Bonner - Dexter's best time 2.16 1/4

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The title's "Dexter's best time of 2:16 1/4" refers to a mile trotted in harness, the kind of record that made Dexter one of the most celebrated trotting horses of the 1860s. Robert Bonner, publisher of the *New York Ledger*, owned the horse and promoted him heavily, so prints like this one also served as advertising for the animal and for harness racing. The record gives no date, and the name Joseph Hoover on the shelflist card is unverified, so the exact year of printing is uncertain. Sporting images like this were popular in the period as souvenirs for owners, drivers, and track fans.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hoover, Joseph.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,191 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118440

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