St. Louis Horse Show, Coliseum – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of St. Louis Horse Show, Coliseum. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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St. Louis Horse Show, Coliseum
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A horse balks at a fence, and the moment of hesitation is the subject of this color woodcut, titled *Refusing the Jump*. The poster advertised the St. Louis Horse Show at the Coliseum in 1901, when horse shows drew large city crowds as both sporting and social events. Morris, a sporting artist, produced many horse show posters for American shows of this period, and bold color prints like this one were a common way to publicize them. The record comes from an older caption card and has not been fully verified, so the date and attribution are best read with that caveat in mind.
| Created / published | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 72 x 54 cm. |
| Notes | Color woodcut by George Ford Morris. Print title: Refusing the Jump. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,060 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172598 |
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