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The final turn for the winning post, Gravesend Track, New York – Historic Reproduction

The final turn for the winning post, Gravesend Track, New York, Littleton, N.H. : photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, c1909. — historic photograph
The final turn for the winning post, Gravesend Track, New York, Littleton, N.H. : photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, c1909.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Step back in time with The final turn for the winning post, Gravesend Track, New York, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The final turn for the winning post, Gravesend Track, New York

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The final turn for the winning post at Gravesend Track, in Brooklyn, is caught in the moment before the finish, when the leading horses swing toward the line. The picture is a stereograph, a card holding two nearly identical photographs that a handheld viewer merged into a single three-dimensional scene. B.W. Kilburn, a New Hampshire photographer working in Littleton, produced and sold many such cards around 1909 for parlor viewing. Gravesend was one of the best-known racing venues near New York City in that era, so the card captures a popular spectator sport at the height of its appeal.

Created / publishedLittleton, N.H. : photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, c1909.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH122316 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 17292.
SubjectsHorse racing--New York (State)--New York--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,269 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179735

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