Ice-clad lake ship - lakes – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Ice-clad lake ship - lakes. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This glass negative shows a lake ship sheathed in ice, its hull, rigging and deck crusted with frozen spray, which sets it apart from open-water views of vessels. Ice like this was a regular hazard on the Great Lakes, where freighters kept hauling ore, coal and grain for as long as the season allowed. The picture comes from the Bain News Service, the New York photo agency whose glass negatives recorded news and everyday life in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, so the scene is best read as a view of winter work on the lakes.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,723 × 4,153 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-32833 |
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