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Rysdyk's Hambletonian [real photo postcard]

N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1920s-40s]. No stated edition. Unbound. Reproduces one of the mid-19th-century lithographs showing William Rysdyk and his great trotting sire Hambletonian. Similar to but not the same as the Henry C. Eno or Currier & Ives compositions. Here the hay rack is on the left, not the right, and there are other differences.. Long light crease across upper left, visible only in raking light. A few shallow indentastions, also visible only in raking light. Very good. Item #30673

Printed in sepia on AZO paper. Dated from style of stamp box. Unmailed. Written on back in ink: “Born in 1849. Died 1876. ‘Hero of Chester.’ Frank Durland.” Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Price: $9.95