Polar Bear and Cubs Swimming

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. / # 12580"; lower label: "Nv /Be P 3 / Polar Bear (Thalarctos maritimus) and Cubs / Swimming. East coast of Baffin Island. / From negative of D.B. Putnam. (1926)". Image depicts three polar bears swimming in arctic waters. Overall excellent condition. Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 in.

2021.11.24