Photograph, Black-and-White

Name/Title

Photograph, Black-and-White

Entry/Object ID

2026.71.4

Description

Black-and-White photograph of a float from an unidentified Winter Carnival parade. The float has a log lean-to at the back, and four men posing around a fire. One of the men is wearing a sweater with a large “P” on the chest. The lean-to is decorated with snowshoes, pelts, rifles, antlers, and more. The bottom of the float is decorated in evergreen boughs. The float is stopped in front of the first Saranac Lake High School. Mounted on tan backer board, and signed, G. W. Baldwin.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Business

Main Street, 100

Street

Main Street

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Made/Created

Artist

Baldwin, George W.

Date made

circa 1890 - circa 1900

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Downtown districts, Business districts, Winter carnivals, Evergreens, Parades & processions, Floats (Parades), Lean-tos, Hunting