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Source Collection
Shelby County, Tennessee, collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0394.010_001.002
Description
Copy of a photograph titled "Fastest Trotting in the World". View of a harness racing track in Memphis, Tennessee, around 1900. It is uncertain which track is featured. There were a number of harness racing tracks in the city in this period including Montgomery Park and Billings Park. Racing ceased in 1906 when the Tennessee Legislature outlawed gambling.
Date Created
2021
Date
2021 June 17
Recommended Citation
"Harness racing, Memphis, circa 1900" (2021). Images. 13.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-shelbycountytn3/13
Keywords
Harness racing--Tennessee--Memphis.
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