On snow shoes to the barren grounds by Caspar W. Whitney ... now appearing in Harper's magazine / Edward Penfield. – Historic Reproduction
![On snow shoes to the barren grounds by Caspar W. Whitney ... now appearing in Harper's magazine / Edward Penfield., [1895] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bf/bf96357542bb-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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On snow shoes to the barren grounds by Caspar W. Whitney ... now appearing in Harper's magazine / Edward Penfield. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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On snow shoes to the barren grounds by Caspar W. Whitney ... now appearing in Harper's magazine / Edward Penfield.
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A Harper's Magazine poster is what sets this one apart from the other winter scenes on the board. It advertises Caspar Whitney's article "On Snow Shoes to the Barren Grounds," a account of travel across the treeless tundra of northern Canada. Edward Penfield, a leading American poster designer of the 1890s, made it during the years when magazine posters were a popular form of street advertising. His flat areas of color and bold silhouettes make the snowshoer easy to read from a distance, which suited a poster meant to catch the eye of passersby.
| Created / published | [1895] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1890-1900.Posters American 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Snowshoeing--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,170 × 1,481 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218388 |
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