Plainfield Horse Show, horses and drivers lined up before judges – 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.)
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A window into the past: Plainfield Horse Show, horses and drivers lined up before judges, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Plainfield Horse Show, horses and drivers lined up before judges
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Horses and drivers stand in a line before the judges at this Plainfield horse show, with the animals' bearing and harness on display as closely as their pace. The glass negative is dated June 5, 1908, and comes from the Bain News Service, a New York agency whose photographs covered news and society events in the early 1900s. Shows like this drew carriage owners and spectators, and the pictures document a world of horse-drawn driving just before the automobile reshaped it. The Plainfield title comes from agency caption data and has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 6/5/08. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 937 × 704 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3132 |
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