Returning to camp to thaw out--a winter days duck hunt – Antique Photo Print
(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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Returning to camp to thaw out--a winter days duck hunt
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Hunters trudging back to camp to warm themselves after a cold day on the water is the scene this stereograph captures, and the title, "Returning to camp to thaw out," spells out the mood plainly. Stereocards like this one were sold in large numbers in the early 1900s, when viewing them through a parlor stereoscope gave armchair audiences a sense of depth and presence. Duck shooting was a popular winter pastime, and images of it reflected a long tradition of sportsmen's outings in the American outdoors. Hunting scenes like this one also offer a useful look at the gear and camp life of the period.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H81375 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 6127. · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | Duck shooting--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271122 |
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