Polo Match

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
1897 - 1909
overall: 5 x 8 in.; 12.7 x 20.32 cm

5 x 8 glass plate negative taken by James Burton. Action shot of a polo game. Four men see mounted on horses with mallets in hand. The U.S. Polo Association was founded on March 21, 1890. The Mineola fairgrounds were in Long Island and the Westchester Polo Club was active in Newport. It is possible that this is either of those locations. No additional information supplied on original negative sleeve.

B.1984.187.501

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer