8-Footed Horse and Owner
Cabinet Card. Extraordinary horse with eight hooves standing beside his owner/handler who holds his lead. This may be the same animal as shown on real photo postcards in the collection. A poster sits on the edge of a board on which the horse stands: "A Number of Other Strange Co[...], {...] and Blakely Company., [..] and Exiles." On verso, in pencil: "8-Footed Horse Exhibited at Museums, Parks and Fairs, 1895, Wm. N. Purtil, Westerly, RI [William Purtil was the original collector of this cabinet card]"
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