The ring toss – Antique Print
![The ring toss, [1899] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2a/2a2d97918c8e-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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The ring toss. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The ring toss
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Girls and children in Newark, Ohio, gather around a ring toss game in this 1899 platinum print by Clarence H. White, who was working in his hometown when he made it. White later helped found the Photo-Secession in 1902, a group that promoted photography as an art form. Platinum printing, prized by pictorialist photographers for its soft tonal range and matte surface, gives the scene a quiet, painterly feel. The picture is a useful record of everyday play in a small Midwestern city at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | [1899] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : platinum ; 8 x 6 1/2 in. (20.5 x 15.5 cm.). |
| Notes | Orig. no. 2. Signed in pencil on mount, Clarence H. White." Purchase; 1926. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf |
| Subjects | Children playing--Ohio--Newark--1890-1900. Girls--Ohio--Newark--1890-1900. Games--Ohio--Newark--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,480 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218502 |
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