Battleship on Exhibition

Title

Battleship on Exhibition

Subject

Photography of horse sports

Description

This is a photograph of Battleship at the Fair Hills, Maryland Exhibition in 1938.

Battleship, sired by Man o' War, is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National (1934) and the English Grand National (1938). Battleship retired to Ms. duPont Scott's Montpelier training facility in Virginia after his English Grand National victory.

Creator

Charles Christian Cook

Date

1938

Rights

This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Format

black and white photograph

Type

still image

Original Format

glass plate negative

Files

Cook 17835 - Battleship.jpg

Citation

Charles Christian Cook, “Battleship on Exhibition,” The Keeneland Library, accessed March 19, 2024, https://keenelandlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/178.

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