Recreation [for] March / Hy. S. Watson. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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A window into the past: Recreation [for] March / Hy. S. Watson., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Recreation [for] March / Hy. S. Watson.
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A winter-sport magazine cover from 1896 shows iceboats racing across the ice, a pastime that drew wealthy and sporting crowds to frozen lakes and rivers in the Northeast. This color poster advertises *Recreation*, an outdoor and sporting monthly, and its March issue, when the ice season was winding down. Hy. S. Watson's design uses the bright cold palette and fast, angled sails typical of 1890s magazine art, which helped publishers catch the eye of newsstand buyers. The catalog dates the piece only approximately, so the 1896 date is an estimate rather than a firm record.
| Created / published | [18]96. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1896. |
| Subjects | Magazine covers--1890-1900. Iceboats--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,162 × 1,474 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218387 |
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