Horse in Foot Bath

1904

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Horse in Foot Bath
  • Title
  • Horse in Foot Bath
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B003.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B003.I03
  • Description
  • The two hundred H.J. Heinz Company draft horses deployed throughout the United States were primarily all jet black. Heinz demanded Percheron horses that fitted a certain conformity in weight, size, and type and were pure black with black points, the only exception being a modest white star on the forehead or a slight whitening at the feet. Percherons were originally from the region of France known as Perche. These horses were the only line of heavy horses not originally bred as draft horses. The horses first appeared more than 1,000 years ago and were a cross between Arabian Stallions and Flemish Plow Mares. Percherons were the favored horse among the armored knights of that period.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company.
    H.J. Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.).Stables.
    Stables--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Horses--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Draft horses--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP 57, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • H.J. Heinz Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center