Metho[d] of traveling on snow shoes – Antique Wall Art
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(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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Metho[d] of traveling on snow shoes in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Metho[d] of traveling on snow shoes
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A snowshoe traveler is the subject here, shown on a single half of a stereograph pair that the Library of Congress holds only in part. The card belongs to a series of California scenery views, numbered 838 in the caption, and it was published around 1866, a period when the state's landscapes were widely sold as parlor entertainment for eastern audiences. The record's subject heading, skiing, reflects how the image is catalogued rather than a term the photographer would have used. Snowshoes were a practical means of crossing deep winter snow in the Sierra Nevada, so the picture documents a working skill as much as a scenic one.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 838. LOT subdivision subject: Skiing. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,430 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115494 |
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