Barefoot boy in hat standing on a rock in a stream – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Barefoot boy in hat standing on a rock in a stream. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. 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.
Barefoot boy in hat standing on a rock in a stream
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A barefoot boy in a brimmed hat stands balanced on a single rock in the middle of a stream, his bare feet set firmly against the wet stone. The scene reads as a moment of ordinary childhood play, the kind of unsupervised afternoon that was common for children living near rivers and farmland. Pictures of children at leisure like this one were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when photographers and painters increasingly turned to everyday family life as a subject. Notice how the water and the boy's posture balance each other, and how the hat and bare feet place him squarely in a rural or outdoor setting.
| Original scan | 3,262 × 4,160 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 04893u whittier's barefoot boy |
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