Paddling Signals, Hartford Canoe Club
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1890
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 4 5/16in. (16 x 11cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionSix small views of a man in a canoe, seen from the back, demonstrating paddling signals. The canoe is on a river, probably the Connecticut River, with the opposite bank in the distance. Printed text reads: "Paddling Signals - Hartford Canoe Club / Attention / Indian-file - Forward- Right Oblique, / Left reverse / In line to right hold paddle right... / Wheel, by sweep of paddle to right or left, / Halt / Disperse."
Object number1988.29.5
InscribedOn verso: "Compliments of John D. Parker, Commodore / June 13th."Subject Terms
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Kerri Ana Provost
28 May 2020
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1910
Thomas Sedgwick Steele
1881