Children on Frozen Pond, 1950s

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Children on Frozen Pond, 1950s — Archive & Atlas

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Children on Frozen Pond, 1950s — Archive & Atlas

Unattributed 1950–1959

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Three children stand on a frozen pond in winter, two of them holding what appears to be a stick or branch horizontally between them in a game or pose. The child on the right wears a yellow coat; the others are in darker winter clothing. The pond's ice is bare and pocked with shadows. Behind them, bare trees and a distant tree line mark the edge of what seems to be a rural or semi-rural area. This is the sort of afternoon activity that required no equipment, no adult supervision, and no permission: children simply went outside in winter and found something to do with what was at hand. Nobody was documenting it for safety reasons or photographing it for social media. Someone just happened to bring a color camera, which was still rare enough that the outing deserved one.

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