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[People and horse-drawn wagons at horse show, Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

[People and horse-drawn wagons at horse show, Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.], [1914 July 4] — historic photograph
[People and horse-drawn wagons at horse show, Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.], [1914 July 4]. 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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[People and horse-drawn wagons at horse show, Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.]

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Rock Creek Park, the wooded valley that runs through northwest Washington, is the setting here, and the picture catches a Fourth of July horse show held there in 1914. The people and wagons lined up around the show ring reflect how central horses still were to city life before the automobile took over the streets. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the capital's streets, public events and holidays in the early twentieth century. Its pictures give a useful record of how Washingtonians spent a summer holiday just before the First World War.

Created / published[1914 July 4]
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1910-1940.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsRock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920. Horse shows--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920. Holidays--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920. Fourth of July--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,254 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182274

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