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The Crowd" that "Scooped" the pools" – Antique Wall Art

The Crowd" that "Scooped" the pools", [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1878. — antique lithograph
The Crowd" that "Scooped" the pools", [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1878.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Step back in time with The Crowd" that "Scooped" the pools", an antique lithograph 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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Betting pools, in which a group of bettors pooled their stakes and split the winnings according to a race result, were a familiar part of sporting life in New York in the 1870s, and this lithograph takes its title from the phrase for a crowd that "scooped" the whole kitty. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that issued many comic and sporting scenes for a mass audience, made prints like this one to amuse buyers who followed racing and gambling. The picture is useful for seeing how betting on horses was portrayed to the public in the late 1870s, when pool selling was widespread and often mocked in the press.

Created / published[New York] : Currier & Ives, 1878.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1870-1880.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1432.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,066 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-174281

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