Tossing duck decoy, 1923

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1923
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

4 x 5 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1923. View of a duck hunter standing in his duck boat, throwing a duck decoy. Man is wearing a cardigan, a hat, and rubber wading boots over his trousers. Several decoy ducks are already in the water to the right of the boat. The waterfowling boat is a closed hulled one person boat used specifically for this type of hunting.


1984.187.9562F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection



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Waterfowl shooting
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Decoys (Hunting)
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