[View from the stands of crowd along the racetrack as horses line up to start]
Photograph
[View from the stands of crowd along the racetrack as horses line up to start]
From the album [Snapshots from travels in the United States and Canada]
1930 - 1932
Gelatin silver prints
Overall: 2 9/16 × 4 5/16 in. (6.5 × 10.9 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.1292.0099c
Inscriptions Typed in ink on slip of paper placed behind photograph: "The'ir [sic] off!" Start of a race from the gates on the track at Havre de Grace, Md. Taken by A. Thomas Nelson about 1930 to 1932 with a 1A Speed camera with focal plane shutter taking a picture up to a 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 Arcaro and Willie Shoemaker, young riders then, rode in these races but only one print is marked. See print of the approach to the double deck bridge where the Susquehanna joins the Delaware River, for further information.
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