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Gift of Mary April Blackburn Hill, 2010.459.14,  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Bailing out the sailing canoe
Gift of Mary April Blackburn Hill, 2010.459.14, © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Bailing out the sailing canoe

Dateearly 20th century
MediumPhotography; Gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 x 4 7/8in. (7.6 x 12.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 x 4 7/8in. (7.6 x 12.4cm)
Other (album page height x width): 3 x 4 7/8in. (7.6 x 12.4cm)
Primary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 x 3in. (5.1 x 7.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mary April Blackburn Hill
DescriptionTwo women in bathing suits stand on the shore of a lake watching three men bail water out of a canoe with buckets.

A second photograph on the back of the page shows a man with a hat carrying a basket of apples on his back.
Object number2010.459.14
MarkingsOn paper label on verso of photograph, in black ink, "BAILING OUT THE (CANOE is crossed out) SAILING CANOE"InscribedOn verso, lower margin, in white ink, "Mr. Frankie picks apples at Malborough"; in lower right corner, in white pencil, "2010.459.14"NotesSubject Note: Photographs were removed from album 2010.459.1.1-.618 before album was aquired by the Connecticut Historical Society. (Krzeminski 3/10/2011)
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Unknown
early 20th-mid 20th century
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