Carl von Lang-Puchhof thoroughbred racehorse portrait album

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16136, Carl von Lang-Puchhof thoroughbred racehorse portrait album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 Cubic Feet 1 album
Language:
Materials are in German.
Preferred citation:

MSS 16136, Carl von Lang-Puchhof thoroughbred racehorse portrait album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The von Lang-Puchhof album (1891-1911; 0.25 cubic feet) consists of 165 racehorse photographs from a golden age of European racing before breeding was disrupted by the Great War. Most of the photographs are of mares, often with foals, in each case fully named with the identity of the sire provided. Two additional photographs are mounted on boards and laid in. The album was apparently compiled by or for owner and breeder, Carl von Lang-Puchhof.

Biographical / historical:

Carl von Lang-Puchhof was a German horse-breeder in the late-19th/early-20th century.

Source: Materials within collection.

Acquisition information:
Accession 2018-0049 Purchased 2 May 2016; Marion duPont Scott Fund, 2015/2016.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Horses
Photograph albums