Canoe tilting, Moose Field Day, Arlington Beach, 8/22/25 – Vintage Photo Print
![Canoe tilting, Moose Field Day, Arlington Beach, 8/22/25, [19]25 August 22. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/65/65b09c32ba2c-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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This rare historic photograph captures Canoe tilting, Moose Field Day, Arlington Beach, 8/22/25 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Canoe tilting, Moose Field Day, Arlington Beach, 8/22/25
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Canoe tilting, staged at the Moose Field Day at Arlington Beach on August 22, 1925, shows a lighthearted contest of balance and nerve. In this sport, two paddlers in narrow canoes approach each other and try to knock the opponent into the water with long poles, a form of jousting adapted to the water. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented local events and everyday life in the early twentieth century, made the picture as part of its large body of negatives. The glass plate shows the streaks and blemishes typical of aging coatings, which give the scene a faint, weathered softness.
| Created / published | [19]25 August 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch three. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,241 × 4,251 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-243492 |
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