The Celebrated Boston Team Mill Boy and Blondine, Record 2:22 – Historic Print
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Step back in time with The Celebrated Boston Team Mill Boy and Blondine, Record 2:22, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Celebrated Boston Team Mill Boy and Blondine, Record 2:22
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The Boston team of Mill Boy and Blondine stands out here because the print credits a pair rather than a single horse, with a mile time of 2:22 as its headline. A trotter covering a mile in under two minutes and twenty-five seconds was an impressive performance in the late nineteenth century, when speed records drew wide public interest. Matched pairs like this one were prized by owners who drove them on city roads and at local tracks, when a well-trained horse signaled both athletic skill and social standing. Notice how the emphasis falls on the team's coordination, which mattered as much as raw speed to the drivers and owners of the day.
| Original scan | 9,918 × 6,521 px · prints to 33 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 14 |
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