Norwood (1st trial) – Historic Reproduction
(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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Norwood (1st trial)
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This negative captures a timed trial for a horse named Norwood, whose own inscription on the glass notes a mile run in 2:12 1/2, a fast pace for harness racing in the early 1890s. The plate is dated November 6, 1891, and was made as a dry plate negative, the standard method of the period for capturing action and portraits. Late nineteenth-century trotting and pacing were popular spectator sports, and the trial times were closely watched by owners, breeders, and the public. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued photographs of American places and scenes, catalogued the plate. Its attribution rests on the style of the title and numbering, so the photographer is not confirmed.
| Created / published | 1891 Nov. 6. |
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| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Second title on negative: Norwood doing a mile in 2.12 1/2. Attribution based on style of title and numbering. 472" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022036. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 800 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-65058 |
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