Biography of Mr. Fitzsimmons, undated

The Vaughn Flannery photograph album of paintings contains eighty-two 7 ¼ x 10 black and white photographs of Flannery’s artwork as well as six clippings with images of his paintings. It is unknown who created the album or when the photographs of the paintings were taken. Dates recorded in the Container List refer to the date associated with the original painting—for the most part, though, Flannery rarely dated his paintings. The topics depicted in these paintings are primarily of racehorses and the behind-the-scenes activities at racetracks and breeding farms. There are several portraits of the famous racehorse Man o’ War with his groom, Will Harbut, during his stud career at Faraway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. There are also scenes of jockeys, grooms, and trainers performing their daily work at locations such as Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; Greentree Stable, Saratoga Race Course, and Belmont Park in New York; and Sagamore Farm in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Of significant note is that this album contains photographs of six paintings that hung in the Old Clubhouse at Pimlico, which were lost in the 1966 fire that destroyed the building: Daybreak, Old Pimlico; Repainting the Weather-vane, Pimlico; Displaying the Preakness Vase, Old Clubhouse, Pimlico; Jackpot’s Boy, Pimlico Jockey Room; Old Clubhouse Dining Room, Pimlico; and Unpacking the Colors, Pimlico.