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Horses

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

Found in 454 Collections and/or Records:

"Rensum" Patent Pulley-Rein Bridle, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2308
Scope and Contents

Illustration and advertisement for the "Rensum" patent pulley-rein bridle to be used 'for riding, driving and schooling horses of all kinds.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Report of the Departmental Committee on Export of Horses to the Continent, 1925

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/1/4
Scope and Contents

A report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries od the departmental committee on export of hoses to the continent, presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.

The report contains information of the procedures for the export of horses including procedures at the ports of embarkation, the voyage, the ports the horses are going to, methods of killing, proposals from the RSPCA and reports on the conditions of ports and slaughter houses.

Dates: 1925

Restoration of the Four-Toed Horse, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3116
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a watercolour painting by C R Knight of a restoration of the four-toed horse based on a skeleton sixteen inches high in the American Museum of Natural History in [New York] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Right and Wrong Mounting [a Horse], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2305
Scope and Contents

Illustrations on the correct and incorrect way to mount a colt - the top image shows the right way to mount, while the bottom shows the wrong way.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Ringbone and Curb [On a Horse], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1898
Scope and Contents

Photographs of a 'prominent ringbone on a horse's pastern;' and an 'unsound hock joint showing a large curb.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Romulus [and James Cossar Ewart], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/326
Scope and Contents

Photograph of James Cossar Ewart standing with Romulus, the zebra/horse hybrid, on the lawn behind a house in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

R[oyal] H[orse] A[rtillery] Gun-Team Horse, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1892
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a Royal Horse Artillery gun-team horse standing in harness.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Russian Horses, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2019
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a few Russian horses on the plains in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Scotland's Model Abattoirs; an example to the continent reply to adverse comment, 1925

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/1/3
Scope and Contents

A copy of an article which appeared in the Morning Post, 6th November 1925 under the heading, "Scotland's Model Abattoires; an example to the continent reply to adverse comment".

The article is a response to a statement made by the Earl of Haddington about the poor conditions in two Scottish knackeries.

Dates: 1925

Section Through a Horse's Chest, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1897
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a cross-section through a horse's chest showing the suspension of the trunk between the fore limbs with descriptive text next to the image.

Dates: 1870s-1930s