Harry Bassett and Longfellow in their great races at Long Branch, N.J., July 2nd and Saratoga, N.Y., July 16th 1872. – Vintage 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.)
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This antique lithograph of Harry Bassett and Longfellow in their great races at Long Branch, N.J., July 2nd and Saratoga, N.Y., July 16th 1872. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Harry Bassett and Longfellow in their great races at Long Branch, N.J., July 2nd and Saratoga, N.Y., July 16th 1872.
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Harry Bassett and Longfellow meet here in two match races, one at Long Branch, New Jersey, on July 2, 1872, and the other at Saratoga, New York, on July 16 of the same year. Currier & Ives issued many sporting chromolithographs in the 1870s, turning the rivalries of well-known horses into colorful images for American homes. Both resorts drew fashionable summer crowds, which made their tracks natural stages for contests the public followed closely.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1872. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2964 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,158 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175499 |
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