[Jockey on horse at the start of a race]

[Jockey on horse at the start of a race]

Photograph

A. Thomas Nelson

Maker
American, active ca. 1910s–1950s

[Jockey on horse at the start of a race]

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
1978.1292.0100c
Inscriptions Written in ink on recto, BC: 2-6

Typed in ink on slip of paper placed behind photograph: In the stalls or gates, for the start of a race 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 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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