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Chicago Horse Show – Antique Wall Art

Chicago Horse Show, 1904 — vintage poster
Chicago Horse Show, 1904. Vintage poster 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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The color poster, dated 1904, advertises the Chicago Horse Show and is signed by Frank Whitney, though the record notes that these details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified. Annual horse shows like this one drew riders and breeders of saddle, harness and carriage horses, and they were important social events for the city's equestrian community. Color posters of this kind were printed in quantity to promote such events, and today they offer a glimpse of how horse shows were marketed in the early twentieth century.

Created / published1904
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 52 x 34 cm.
NotesSigned: Frank Whitney. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,038 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172578

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