AA-2026-D8E6A5
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A child in swimming trunks stands beneath a large bronze equestrian statue mounted on a limestone or concrete plinth, one hand raised to touch the horse's leg or flank. The statue depicts a mounted warrior or officer in classical military dress, brandishing a weapon skyward, the kind of monument that marked important historical sites across Europe and the Americas in the mid-twentieth century. The child is dressed for a beach visit but has detoured here—or been brought here—as part of a family outing, the way American and European tourists were expected to acknowledge civic monuments and historical markers without ceremony or reluctance. The statue itself is weathered and cracking, already showing its age, which means the child is being introduced to something that felt permanent and authoritative to the adults who built it and that would, within a generation, become invisible or embarrassing to everyone else.
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Tourist at equestrian monument, 1950s. 1950–1959. Archive & Atlas, Historical Image Library, AA-2026-D8E6A5. https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/tourist-at-equestrian-monument-1950s.
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title = {Tourist at equestrian monument, 1950s},
year = {1950–1959},
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note = {Accession AA-2026-D8E6A5},
url = {https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/tourist-at-equestrian-monument-1950s}
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