safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
NEW PROVIDENCE: Nassau
May 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed May 1947; view of a racehorse with jockey in the paddock at Hobby Horse Hall Racetrack, Nassau, New Providence (Bahamas); number on saddle blanket is '6' or '8'; 'Colored jockets take great pride in their racing silks and high stepping mounts' is written on corresponding contact; for similar Hobby Horse Hall views see 1996.31.1910-1913, 1922-1933, 1990-1992; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '2011', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Islands to Windward' (1948).

1996.31.1931