View showing five horses, including Burlington and Draco, under the inspection of two men standing near a dog, in front of a stable in Bulletsville, KY. Shows Draco, grandson of the great trotter Alexander's Abdallah, attached to a manned sulky and the other horses controlled by groomsmen, including an African American man. Two white women and two young, white boys stand near the men., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Burlington Draco - in sulky., Manuscript note on verso: Burlington/ 1870 by Wyatt's Abdallah son of Alexander Abdallah; dau a mare by Yankee Boy. Draco/ 1853 by Perkin's Young [Morril?]; dam the dam of Danville Boy & Draco 2nd., Gift of Helen Beitler, 2002., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Schreiber & Sons specialized in photography of domestic animals and photographed almost every noted horse in North America during the latter nineteenth century.
Creator
Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date
[ca. 1872]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - Animals [P.2002.67.37]
