Judging Saddle Horses, Plainfield – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Judging Saddle Horses, Plainfield, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Judging Saddle Horses, Plainfield
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In the title, Plainfield is the detail that sets this picture apart, marking the place where judges are shown weighing saddle horses, a show-ring activity that drew large crowds at horse shows in the early 1900s. The image belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of the Bain News Service, a New York press agency that sold news photographs to newspapers and magazines. The record gives no date, and its title comes from caption cards and negatives that the service labeled without verification, so the exact event remains uncertain. Even so, the scene reflects an era when saddle horses were valued for both riding and competition.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 934 × 703 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10554 |
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