Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
"Duke" at his shoemaker's |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
October 1885 |
Description |
Original B&W print on beige cardboard mount. View of two blacksmiths or farriers shoeing horses in New Springville, Staten Island. They stand in front of a wooden building with open double doors. A third man or boy leans in the doorway. The man at right supports a horse's rear hoof on his left thigh; he is leaning over to hold the hoof with his left hand, and holds a hammer in his right. A box of tools and a hat are on the ground next to the horse. The man at left leans forward to hold a horse's front hoof between his knees, and holds a hammer in his right hand. Handwritten inscription on the reverse of the mount: " 'Duke' at his shoemaker's. / Springville S.I. Oct. 1885." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
4.625 x 7.5 |
Acquisition |
Gift of the Village of Babylon Historical Preservation Society |
Earliest Date |
1885 |
Latest Date |
1885 |
Subjects |
Blacksmithing Blacksmiths Horses Horseshoes |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
97.038.0011 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, September 2017. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |