US Patent No. 38276 Stirrup by S T Butler March 27 1888 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame and historical societies along the

and historical societies along the Atlantic

and the country answered in pedestals

The lithograph carries that turn-of-the-century swagger — equal parts team portrait and conquering banner

charming a kingdom of silk into bankrolling a revolution it could scarcely afford

US Patent No. 38276 Stirrup by S T Butler March 27 1888 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame and historical societies along theUs Patent No. 38276 Stirrup by St Butler March 27 1888 St. Butler's inventor's diagram cradles the rider's foot in pure Gilded Age horsemanship, every curve and tread plate drafted for an era when a stirrup's shape could mean the difference between a clean dismount and a dragged boot across hard ground. About the Source Bella Frye sources sports artifacts from American archives the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office for inventor's drawings, and from