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Horses

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 453 Collections and/or Records:

Gags and a Strap and Hooks, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2295
Scope and Contents

Illustrations of a strap and hooks used to prevent a horse from running away; a ball gag and a roller gag.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Gallop and Walk [Horses], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1881
Scope and Contents

Photographs of a horse walking and galloping. The top two photographs, Fig.3 and Fig. 4 show a man riding a black horse at a gallop; and the bottom two photographs, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show a man riding a white horse at a walk to illustrate the differences in the gait and leg positions of the horse when in motion.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Gallop [Horse], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1978
Scope and Contents

A twelve frame motion study illustration of a horse's gallop indicating the pattern of the footfalls.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Galvayne - Colt Training, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2310
Scope and Contents

Two illustrations from Galvayne's book on how to train colts and horses. The upper image shows a colt being taught to obey the bit; and the bottom image shows a colt being trained to manage 'shafts'.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Galvayne - Rope Hitching, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2293
Scope and Contents

Illustrations of various knots that can be tied for Galvayne's methods for rope hitching - a double hitch, a granny knot, a true love's knot, a slip knot and a choke knot.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Galvayning, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1876
Scope and Contents

Illustrations of a colt ' in the Galvayning position' and being 'Galvayned and third-handed from behind' in a paddock in the early 20th century. "Galvayning" was a horse taming method invented by Professor Sydney Frederick Galvayne in which the horses head was tied to it's tail causing it to spin around until it quieted down.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Gathering Hay in a Field, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2241
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a group of men gathering hay or wheat in a field, putting it into sacks and loading it into horse-drawn wagons. A man in a horse-drawn buggy watches on the right-hand side of the image.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Good Quarters and Split-Up, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3076
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the rear view of a horse, one with good quarters and one split-up.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Good Type of Horse Pasterns and Splints, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1889
Scope and Contents

Photographs of horses pastens, hooves and splints in the mid 20th century. The top lefthand image shows a 'good type of draught horse pasterns with moderate slipping'; the top righthand image shows a 'sound "open" hoof'; the lower lefthand image shows a 'prominent sidebone' on a horse's front leg; and the lower righthand image shows 'splints - with a bad quarter crack on the right foot.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Grand Parade - The Most Imposing Feature of the Royal Show, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/864
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the grand parade at a Royal Show in the late 19th or early 20th century. It shows numerous horses and cattle being led around a track while spectators watch from the grandstands. The text beneath the image notes that this picture was taken on the day 94,000 spectators attended the show.

Dates: 1870s-1930s