Coney Island Jockey Club Sheepshead Bay – Historic 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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A window into the past: Coney Island Jockey Club Sheepshead Bay, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Coney Island Jockey Club Sheepshead Bay
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The Coney Island Jockey Club, whose track sat on the shore of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, is named plainly in this color poster from 1889. Printed in New York under the management of Fred T. Alder, the large sheet was likely meant to draw crowds to race days. In the late 1880s, Sheepshead Bay was a fashionable sporting destination, drawing wealthy patrons and a broad public alike. The details come from an old caption card and have not been fully verified.
| Created / published | New York : Alder (Fred T.) Mgr. (New York), 1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 107 x 82 cm. |
| Notes | Copyright deposit. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Title. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,167 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172629 |
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