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New York City: Horse overcome by heat – Historic Reproduction

New York City: Horse overcome by heat, [ca. 1910] — historic photograph
New York City: Horse overcome by heat, [ca. 1910]. 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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New York City: Horse overcome by heat

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A horse collapsed in the street is the subject of this print, which the Library of Congress holds as part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, a large body of news photographs taken in New York City in the early 1900s. The caption card, transcribed from old records, gives the title "Horse overcome by heat" and dates the picture to about 1910. Bain's photographers worked for the wire services and newspapers of the day, so scenes like this one were often made to document everyday city life. Street horses pulling carts, wagons and streetcars were common then, and heat stroke among them was a real and frequent hazard, which makes the picture a useful record of working conditions on city streets.

Created / published[ca. 1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Misc--[ca. 1910]; Horses...; Heat; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,120 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131056

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