Polar Bear Cub on Iceberg

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. / # 12579"; lower label: "Nv / Be P 2 / Polar Bear (Thalarctos maritimus) and Cub on / Iceberg. East coast of Baffin Island. From / negative of D.B. Putnam. (1926)". Image depicts polar bear and cub standing on the edge of iceberg in the water. Overall excellent condition. Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 in.

2021.11.31