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Boy Scouts. Grooming their horses. – Antique Print

Boy Scouts. Grooming their horses., n/a — historic photograph
Boy Scouts. Grooming their horses., n/a. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Boy Scouts tending their horses make an unusual subject for a turn-of-the-century news photograph, showing how the young movement mixed practical animal care with its outdoor training. The Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, and some troops of that era included horsemanship among their skills. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection of glass negatives made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news photographs to newspapers. The title is recorded without verification, so the exact date and location are unknown.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms 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 two loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan931 × 708 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-9393

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