Smithtown Driving Park

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Title

Smithtown Driving Park

Subject

Racetrack; LIRR; Albumen; Residence

Description

Albumen photographic print mounted on board depicting the Smithtown Driving Track. Foreground shows telegraph poles and LIRR train traveling towards a cluster of trees. Middle foreground shows a horse pulling a man on a gig on a road lined with split-rail fencing; two-story residence with circular drive next to a barn and stables where a man tends a horse. Background features oval racetrack with figures racing, surrounded by woods and fields; sky with clouds above.

Creator

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist]

Source

Edward Lange, Smithtown Driving Park, ca. 1880, Albumen print mounted on board, 4 x 6.25 in., Smithtown Historical Society, 1971.393.1

Format

4 x 6.25 in

Identifier

Signed lower left corner: "Edw. Lange. Artist. Elwood. Suffolk Co. N.Y."

Medium

Albumen print mounted on board

Spatial Coverage

New York; Suffolk County; Town of Smithtown; St. James

Rights Holder

Smithtown Historical Society, 1971.393.1.

Citation

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist] , “Smithtown Driving Park,” The Art of Edward Lange , accessed February 19, 2025, https://edwardlange.omeka.net/items/show/168.

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