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Click on the link for the full story and the picture, of course:
http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbc ... 50642/1973
Come on, let's have your guesses. What's going on there? I have a feeling it wasn't staged, but just an odd moment caught by the camera, but even that vague explanation throws up more questions.
http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbc ... 50642/1973
Vintage photo of dead horse raises questions
By Janet Ortegon
Sheboygan Press staff
First of all, what's the deal with the top hat?
A vintage Sheboygan photo, taken before the turn of the 20th century, has sparked some conversation in the community since its inclusion in The Sheboygan Press' 2007 calendar.
The photo, which is inside the calendar's front cover, shows a scene at Eighth Street and Indiana Avenue, looking north toward the Eighth Street bridge.
In the photo, a dead horse lies in the street, roped off with string tied to stakes in the dirt road. A man in a top hat, bow tie and jacket sits on top of the horse, and people in the background are standing still, looking toward the camera.
"I always just assumed it was taken as a joke or something like that," said Bill Wangemann, Sheboygan city historian. "I was never able to find out anything about it. What the story behind that (picture) is, I don't have the foggiest notion."
Past attempts by reporters at The Sheboygan Press to find out the circumstances of the photo were unsuccessful, and even local experts at the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center came up empty-handed when they looked for information...
Come on, let's have your guesses. What's going on there? I have a feeling it wasn't staged, but just an odd moment caught by the camera, but even that vague explanation throws up more questions.