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Source Collection
Postcard collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0469.002_036.001
Description
Undated (circa 1924) postcard featuring an image of Edward Franklin Geers (1851-1924), a trainer of champion trotters and pacers, with his horse "Sanardo".
Geers was born in Lebanon, Tennessee, and trained horses near Nashville and later at Columbia, Tennessee. He died on September 3, 1924, while driving one of his horses in Wheeling, West Virginia, after the horse fell and he was thrown from his seat.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Edward F. Geers and Sanardo" (2021). Images. 116.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-postcardcoll1/116
Keywords
Geers, Edward Franklin, 1851-1924.
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