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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:

Horses - Hungarian Breed with an Acacia Avenue in the Distance, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2251
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a herd of Hungarian horses grazing in a field with an avenue of Acacia trees in the background in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

[Horses in a Wooded Field], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2916
Scope and Contents

Photograph of several horses in a wooded field in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Hull's Farm Horse, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2239
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man riding a horse from Hulls Farm at an agricultural exhibition or horse show in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

In the Ring at the Royal Show, Sydney, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3067
Scope and Contents

Photograph of horsewoman, Miss Morton on a rearing horse at the Royal Show in Sydney in 1914

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Increase in Size of the Horse, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/321
Scope and Contents

Illustration of four horses of varying sizes: a) the Eohippus, the smallest Lower Eocene horse known; b) the Orohippus, the Middle Eocene horse; c) the Mesohippus, the Lower Oligocene horse, 4 1/2 hands high; d) the Hypohippus, of 'forest horse.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Increase in Size of the Horse, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3123
Scope and Contents

Photographs of horse skeletons showing the increase in size of the horse over time. The image shows a small articulated skeleton of the Eohippus, placed beneath the limbs of the original American horse or Equus scotti as mounted in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, USA with a scale next to them showing the progressive increase in size.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Indications of Age by the Teeth, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1961
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Illustrations of the incisor teeth showing the age of the horse from 3 years to 8 years inclusive.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

International League against the Export of Horses for Butchery, Fifth Annual Report, 1933

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/1/10
Scope and Contents

The fifth annual report from the International League against the Export of Horses for Butchery, November 1933.

The report contains details of the league's work, figures for the number of horses being exported, investigations of the horse trade in different contries and lists of subcribers and donations.

Dates: 1933

International League Against the Export of Horses for Butchery Reports, 1931 - 1942

 File
Identifier: Coll-1618/1/5/2/14
Scope and Contents Reports for the International League Against the Export of Horses and Butchery from 1931-1942. The reports contain details of the work the orgainsation do, details of their council, and list of subscribers. This is an incomplete run of reports, starting with their third annual report in 1931. 1931 - third annual report 1933 - fifth annual report (two copies) 1934 - sixth annual report 1937 - ninth annual report 1938 - tenth annual report 1939 - eleventh annual...
Dates: 1931 - 1942

Invoice to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 03 March 1902

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/13
Scope and Contents

The invoice notes the transportation of three horses from Hamburg to Leith, and the return transportation of one pony.

Dates: 03 March 1902