David B. Putnam on Board Ship

lantern slide

PHOTOGRAPHS - LANTERN SLIDES
Putnam, Dorothy Binney
Canada, Nunavut, Baffin Island
1926
glass
overall: 3 1/4 x 4 in.

One of 33 glass plate negatives from the New York State Education Department - Visual Instruction Division. Bound with black tape, matted and identified on the matting in gold block letters "NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / VISUAL INSTRUCTION DIVISION". Reverse labeled with two printed labels. Upper label: "New York State Education Department / Visual Instruction Division / Negative No. / # 12574"; lower label: "Fu / Y 5 / Arctic Region. David B. Putnam on Board / Ship; Ducks Hanging on Rigging. Ponds / Inlet, north shore of Baffin Island. From / D.B. Putnam's negative. (1926)". Image depicts David Binney Putnam posing with rigging full of ducks; rifle leaning on ducks with box of Western Cartridge Co. Loaded Paper Shot Shells staged in front. Overall excellent condition. Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 in.

2021.11.13