Skating carnival in Brooklyn, February 10, 1862 – Vintage 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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Skating carnival in Brooklyn, February 10, 1862 comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Skating carnival in Brooklyn, February 10, 1862
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A skating carnival held on Brooklyn ice on February 10, 1862 is the event this engraving records, and the wood engraving ran in Harper's Weekly on February 22 of that year, on page 125. The scene is drawn from the ice-skating culture of New York in the 1860s, when winter frozen ponds and bays drew large crowds of skaters in fancy dress. The costumes are the thing to notice here, since the period's illustrators took pleasure in showing skaters in elaborate outfits, and the print gives a sense of how popular and fashionable the sport had become in the city.
| Created / published | 1862 Feb. 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Feb. 22, p. 125. |
| Subjects | Ice skating--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870. Costumes--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,230 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184772 |
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