Why Captain Kidd's treasure has never been found – Historic Reproduction
(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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Why Captain Kidd's treasure has never been found
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A halftone from the December 19, 1912, issue of *Life* poses a playful question: why has Captain Kidd's treasure never been found? The magazine, then a humor weekly rather than the photo-driven publication it later became, used the pun-and-joke style typical of its pages. William Kidd was a Scottish privateer hanged in London in 1701 after being convicted of piracy, and legends of gold and jewels he buried along the American coast and Caribbean islands kept treasure hunters digging for centuries. By 1912 the stories were a familiar source of amusement and fantasy.
| Created / published | 1912 Dec. 19. |
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| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Life, vol. 60, Dec. 19, 1912, p. 2488. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,033 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150307 |
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