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Two boys sitting on wooden boats in a boatyard – Vintage Print

Two boys sitting on wooden boats in a boatyard — historic image
Two boys sitting on wooden boats in a boatyard. Historic image from the Animals collection.

(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 Two boys sitting on wooden boats in a boatyard, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Two boys sitting on wooden boats in a boatyard

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Two boys perch on the hulls of wooden boats in a boatyard, a setting that ties the picture to working waterfront life rather than the fish and shell subjects the board suggests. Boatyards of this kind were busy places where small craft were built, repaired and hauled out for the season, and children often wandered among the stacked timbers and tools. Photographs like this one capture an everyday scene of work and play along the water, where the boats themselves were as much a livelihood as a pastime. Its value lies in the ordinary details of the yard that a more formal portrait would have missed.

Original scan5,000 × 3,533 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi
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