[View of the stands along the racetrack near the finish line]

[View of the stands along the racetrack near the finish line]

Photograph

A. Thomas Nelson

Maker
American, active ca. 1910s–1950s

[View of the stands along the racetrack near the finish line]

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
1978.1292.0099d
Inscriptions Typed in ink on slip of paper placed behind photograph: Stands near the finish line of the races at Havre de Grace, Md. Taken by A. Thomas Nelson about 1930 to 1932. Eddie Arcaro & Willie Shoemaker, young riders then, rode in the races held here at the time. See print of the approach to the double deck bridge where the Susquehanna enters the Delaware River for further information.

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