Two duplicate photographs showing women rowing a canoe onto the shore
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

At center, three women and a small baby sit in a canoe. The women hold oars to row the canoe which is pointed toward us, with the forward end touching the shore at lower right. The woman closest to us, in front, wears a checked dress, has straight dark hair, parted in the middle and pulled back. Behind her, the baby is wrapped in blankets and secured to a board propped up in the middle of the boat. The two women behind also have straight dark hair and are wrapped in blankets as they row. The surface of the water is calm and reflective. This photograph is printed twice, side by side on yellow backing paper.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1979.152
People
Whitney & Zimmerman, American (active 1860s-70s)
Title
Scene at Indian Payment, Odanah, Wisconsin (734)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Lake Superior Scenery, North Shore
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, stereoscopic photograph
Date
c. 1866
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285944

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
actual: 8 x 8 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor and Mrs. John Coolidge
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
P1979.152
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/04/2020 - 11/08/2021

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