Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop and Bright Gem - Winner's Circle and photo-finish

Name/Title

Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop and Bright Gem - Winner's Circle and photo-finish

Entry/Object ID

IMG3439

Description

Photo-finish and winner's circle of "Bright Gem". Photos taken at Laurel Race Course, Laurel, MD. Horse owned by M. Tyson Gilpin and trained by Sylvia (Rideoutt) Bishop of Charles Town. Jockey was Robert Corle. Photographer unidentified. Ms. Bishop was the first African American woman licensed as a horse trainer.

Acquisition

Accession

647

Source or Donor

Rutherford, George

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Laurel Race Course

Notes

Date: 1963 August 19