safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
Potomac River
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell; Henry "Bunny" Rigg sitting in the bow of a canoe and holding a rifle; guide paddling in stern; canoe is on a water path through some marsh reeds on the Potomac River; rail birds would rise up before the boat, fly (or drop, if shot) a short distance, then go back into the reeds; photographed during a hunting trip; for similar views of Bunny Rigg hunting see 1996.31.2318-2326; for Potomac hunting trip views see 1996.31.2280-2326; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '2411', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: correspondence file 1996.31 cataloging notes handwritten by Mitchell on photocopied contacts.

UNIDENTIFIED canoe
1996.31.2326