[View from the stands of crowd watching a horse race]
Photograph
[View from the stands of crowd watching a horse race]
From the album [Snapshots from travels in the United States and Canada]
ca. 1919
Gelatin silver prints
Overall: 2 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (6.3 × 10.5 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.1292.0098a
Inscriptions Typed in ink on slip of paper placed behind photograph: Sulky or harness racing at an Ohio County Fair. Taken by A. Thomas Nelson about 1919 with a 1A Speed camera with focal plane shutter taking a picture up to 1.000 of a second and equipped with a 4.5 lens (A Tessar, I believe.) The horses hoofs seen with a magnifying glass are sharp.
Mr. Nelson was in company with Rev. Leslie G. Bohnert, his chum and one of the "big six" (6' or over). A.T. was 6'2".
Mr. Nelson was in company with Rev. Leslie G. Bohnert, his chum and one of the "big six" (6' or over). A.T. was 6'2".
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