The Famous Roan Horse Capt Mc Gowan as He Appeared in His 20th Mile
date: label: Date made
content: 1865
name: label: maker
content: J. H. Bufford and Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Color print of a trotting horse (Capt. McGowan) pulling a sulky on a racetrack. A white picket fence borders the track. The caption indicates that this is River Side Park, Brighton, Mass. on Oct. 31, 1865.
label: Description
content: A color print of a brown horse attached by a light harness to a sulky with a driver who is intent on holding the reins. The driver wears a heavy red sweater and beaked cap. The sulky is red and highly polished. A picket fence borders the track. Pretentious country homes are in the wooded area beyond the park. It is a scene of River Side Park, Brighton, Mass. on Oct. 31, 1865.
label: Description
content: Captain McGowan was bred in 1857 by Sovereign and Sally Miller, but his pedigree is debated. It is believed that he was born in Kentucky and owned by Samuel Emerson of Boston. He set a record in 1865 of trotting 20 miles in one hour (56 minutes, 25 seconds).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: depicted
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Brighton
topic: label: Subject
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Wagons
label: related event
content: Captain McGowan Racing in Riverside Park
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Horses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3595
label: catalog number
content: 60.3595
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 17 3/8 in x 26 1/8 in; 44.1325 cm x 66.3575 cm