Boy on Frozen Pond, 1950s

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Boy on Frozen Pond, 1950s — Archive & Atlas

Unattributed 1950–1959

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A boy of about twelve stands on a frozen pond in winter clothes—dark jacket with a fur collar, blue knit gloves—looking directly at the camera with the particular solemnity children adopt when told to hold still. The ice stretches behind him, bare and pale. In the background, bare trees and what appears to be a small structure suggest a rural or semi-rural setting. He is posed for a family snapshot taken during winter, when frozen water became an accessible stage for documenting ordinary childhood. No one in 1950 anticipated that casual visits to lakes and ponds would later be questioned or forbidden; standing on thin ice was simply what you did when it was cold enough, and someone brought a camera.

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