The horse race – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with The horse race, 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 horse race
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Titled simply *The horse race*, this stereograph card dates to 1888 and is one of the many racing scenes issued for the Victorian parlor. George Barker, the copyright holder named on the card, produced a wide range of stereoviews, and the pair of nearly identical photographs on each card fuses into a single image with depth when viewed through a stereoscope. Horse racing was a popular subject in the 1880s, and cards like this one show how a public fascination with the sport reached middle-class homes.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | T6800 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Barker. Title from item. · Greenough Horatio 1805-1852. |
| Subjects | Horse racing--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,328 × 2,210 px · prints to 14 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09411_Thehorserace |
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