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Other Bain/LOC photos of the Long Branch horse show:

Isabella Wanamaker see www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/21320902585/

Thanks for connecting the photographs B-59. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey, United States. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Park_Racetrack#Long_Branch...

The Saddle and Show Horse Chronicle, Volume 7, 1917-1918 shows that Miss Wanamaker was an extremely successful horsewoman. Page 54 indicates that at the Long Branch Horse Show (July 25-28, 1917), she had fourteen wins in fifteen showings. See books.google.com/books?id=lE85AQAAMAAJ and search for "Long Branch".

There's a Bain shot of her at Long Branch that came up 4 years ago:

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 19, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 59 printed another photo of her in a coach with the text: "Isabel Wanamaker has come to the front in recent years as the owner of one of the finest stables of blooded and show horses in the United States. She was an exhibitor at the Long Branch Horse Show and a winner In several classes." The caption below the photo is 'Isabelle Wanamaker'. oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-08-19/ed-1/se... In other sources she appears as Isabelle (or sometimes Isabel) Wanamaker of Philadelphia (e.g. in the Evening public ledger., October 06, 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 32, third row, chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-10-06/ed-....)

"If a strict comparison was made It Would disclose the fact that Miss Isabella Wanamaker of Merion, Pa. could very properly claim the seasons championship of the equine show ring, for no other exhibitor made Such a wonderful record as did she with the same number of horses. [...] Miss Wanamaker is easily among the most popular of all our exhibitors. [...]_ Her father William H Wanamaker Jr is invariably an interested spectator when she is in the ring and their simple unaffected democratic cordial friendly ways make them among the most sought after of all the addicts of the show ring. 8 publish here the complete list Of MISS Nanamakcr's Seasons winnings (from an account in Show Horse Chronicle in late 1917 of Isabella Wanamaker's season.) books.google.com/books?id=lE85AQAAMAAJ&dq=lsabelle%20...

Photographer's initials (?) and date in upper left corner (reversed): SS 7/31/13

Thanks to technogeo for the date. From the NYT of August 1, 1913: "LONG BRANCH, July 31. It was Governor's Day at the continuation of the Monmouth County Horse Show on the Hollywood Grounds this afternoon and the entry of the Chief Executive of the State, James F. Fielder, could not have been more timely ..." (ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C00E4DD1730E233A... )

Nice research work, lifeasdaddy! This image is unusual because it shows a group of people from behind. Valuable reference material for anyone into clothing and fashion of this era.

technogeo, you make a good point about the perspective. Like some of the others of the Long Branch Horse show there are taken from well behind the action and what to other photographers would be the main subject. Here for example, the main thing is the central reviewing or judgeing stand and the scoreboard - but they are mere background to the general crowd scene. Some others: www.flickr.com/search/?w=8623220@N02&q=long+branch&am...

technogeo and lifeasdaddy: Thanks for the additional information. We'll add it to the description next time we update the record.