[View of racetrack with crowds and horses crossing the finish line]
Photograph
[View of racetrack with crowds and horses crossing the finish line]
From the album [Snapshots from travels in the United States and Canada]
1930 - 1932
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
1978.1292.0098d
Inscriptions Typed in ink on slip of paper placed behind photograph: Double exposure of the finish of a race at Havre de Grace, Md. Taken by A. Thomas Nelson from within the stand, about 1930 to 1932, with a 1A Speed Camera with focal plane shutter taking a picture up to 1000th of a second and equipped with a 4.5 (I think Tessar) lens. The horses hoofs are sharp as seen with a magnifying glass. Eddie Arcarc and Willie Shoemaker, young riders then, rode in these races but only one print is marked and that is not the same on the reverse side. See the print of the approach to the double deck bridge where the Susquehanna joins the Delaware River for further information.
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