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Photograph, Sarah on Horseback

This is a Photograph. It is dated ca. 1880. Its medium is reproduction. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

The New Jersey press described Sarah as being “an extremely busy person. She manages a 2,000-acre farm near Tuxedo [Park]. She can shoe her own horses and rides well. She is a practical road builder and has written a book on the subject. She also manages the restaurant in Cooper Union”—evidence of her broad interests and entrepreneurial spirit.

It is credited Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

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