Horse-drawn lion cage of trainer Chas. P. Doelger and lions, driver M.A. Rice, Society Circus, Long Branch – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Horse-drawn lion cage of trainer Chas. P. Doelger and lions, driver M.A. Rice, Society Circus, Long Branch. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Horse-drawn lion cage of trainer Chas. P. Doelger and lions, driver M.A. Rice, Society Circus, Long Branch
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A horse-drawn cage wagon carries lions through the grounds of the Society Circus at Long Branch, New Jersey, in this view dated August 1909. The caption names trainer Chas. P. Doelger and credits M.A. Rice as the driver, so the picture records both the animals and the people who handled them. Horse-drawn cage wagons were a familiar sight before motor trucks, when circuses and menageries traveled by road and relied on teams for heavy work. The image belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection of news photographs made by the Bain News Service, though the title rests on information the service recorded and has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 8/09. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 942 × 711 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5383 |
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