[Boccie players] – Vintage Print
![[Boccie players], [between 1933 and 1967] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/097e7294b42e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with [Boccie players], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bocce, the Italian game of rolling heavy balls toward a small target ball, is the subject here, with the men shown at the moment of play. The Library of Congress dates the print only to a span between 1933 and 1967, when the game was a familiar pastime in Italian American neighborhoods, parks, and social clubs. Toni Frissell, known for her fashion and wartime photography, turned her camera to many everyday recreations, and her prints preserve a glimpse of informal leisure from that era.
| Created / published | [between 1933 and 1967] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1970. |
| Notes | Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 651; formerly in box 99. |
| Subjects | Boccie (Game)--1930-1970. Men--Sports--1930-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,185 × 1,486 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218244 |
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