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- Horseshoe, 1900-1929 - Horseshoes protect hooves from excessive wear. They are a basic part of the care and maintenance of a horse. In the 19th century horses moved people, freight, money, and information where railroads and waterways did not go. Americans relied on the horse. The demand for a large, healthy horse population and 19th-century industrialization spurred the mass production of horseshoes.
- 1900-1929
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Horseshoe, 1900-1929
Horseshoes protect hooves from excessive wear. They are a basic part of the care and maintenance of a horse. In the 19th century horses moved people, freight, money, and information where railroads and waterways did not go. Americans relied on the horse. The demand for a large, healthy horse population and 19th-century industrialization spurred the mass production of horseshoes.
- Display Case Containing Horseshoes Made by H. A. Meikrantz, 1875-1938 -
- 1875-1938
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Display Case Containing Horseshoes Made by H. A. Meikrantz, 1875-1938
- Engraving, Horseshoe Manufacturing Machine Patented by United States in 1875 -
- 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Engraving, Horseshoe Manufacturing Machine Patented by United States in 1875
- Display Case Containing Horseshoes Made by Seymour S. Hopkins and John G. Hopkins, 1912 -
- 1862-1912
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Display Case Containing Horseshoes Made by Seymour S. Hopkins and John G. Hopkins, 1912
- Horseshoe, 1880-1920 - Horseshoes protect hooves from excessive wear. They are a basic part of the care and maintenance of a horse. In the 19th century horses moved people, freight, money, and information where railroads and waterways did not go. Americans relied on the horse. The demand for a large, healthy horse population and 19th-century industrialization spurred the mass production of horseshoes.
- 1880-1920
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Horseshoe, 1880-1920
Horseshoes protect hooves from excessive wear. They are a basic part of the care and maintenance of a horse. In the 19th century horses moved people, freight, money, and information where railroads and waterways did not go. Americans relied on the horse. The demand for a large, healthy horse population and 19th-century industrialization spurred the mass production of horseshoes.
- Cuff Links, circa 1890 - Sporty informal cuff links adorned with good luck symbols were popular for both men and women around the early twentieth century. Good luck symbols of the era included the upturned horseshoe and the shamrock or four leaf clover. Tradition says that one should always have the end of the horseshoe symbol pointing up, so that the luck "does not run out."
- circa 1890
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Cuff Links, circa 1890
Sporty informal cuff links adorned with good luck symbols were popular for both men and women around the early twentieth century. Good luck symbols of the era included the upturned horseshoe and the shamrock or four leaf clover. Tradition says that one should always have the end of the horseshoe symbol pointing up, so that the luck "does not run out."
- Horseshoe, 1850-1900 - Horseshoes protect hooves from excessive wear. They are a basic part of the care and maintenance of a horse. In the 19th century horses moved people, freight, money, and information where railroads and waterways did not go. Americans relied on the horse. The demand for a large, healthy horse population and 19th-century industrialization spurred the mass production of horseshoes.
- 1850-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Horseshoe, 1850-1900
Horseshoes protect hooves from excessive wear. They are a basic part of the care and maintenance of a horse. In the 19th century horses moved people, freight, money, and information where railroads and waterways did not go. Americans relied on the horse. The demand for a large, healthy horse population and 19th-century industrialization spurred the mass production of horseshoes.
- Wood Engraving, Blacksmith Making Horse Shoes, circa 1884 -
- circa 1884
- Collections - Artifact
Wood Engraving, Blacksmith Making Horse Shoes, circa 1884
- Engraving, Horseshoe Manufacturing Machine Patented by United States in 1879 (detail) -
- 1879
- Collections - Artifact
Engraving, Horseshoe Manufacturing Machine Patented by United States in 1879 (detail)
- Display Case Containing Horseshoes Made by James Lowe, 1894 - James Lowe, a Canadian-born blacksmith, made these corrective horseshoes -- shoes to remedy different diseases and irregularities of the hoof -- to draw customers to his shop in Berlin, New Hampshire. He aged out of that business as horses became less essential in the busy mill town, but the display case and its contents still affirming his skill as an experienced farrier.
- 1894
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Display Case Containing Horseshoes Made by James Lowe, 1894
James Lowe, a Canadian-born blacksmith, made these corrective horseshoes -- shoes to remedy different diseases and irregularities of the hoof -- to draw customers to his shop in Berlin, New Hampshire. He aged out of that business as horses became less essential in the busy mill town, but the display case and its contents still affirming his skill as an experienced farrier.