Portraits of America

The Ring Toss

1899·Source: internet_archive·View original ↗·Public Domain
The Ring Toss, 1899 (Internet Archive)
The Ring Toss, 1899 (Internet Archive)
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1899 photograph 'The Ring Toss' by Clarence H. White showing youthful feminine grace in domestic setting. Public-domain historical photograph from Ohio.


This 1899 photograph by Clarence H. White depicts a domestic scene involving a ring toss game. The archive record describes the image as showing youthful feminine grace within a home setting.

White made this photograph in Ohio. Beyond these basic details recorded in the archive, little is documented about the specific circumstances of this image, the identity of any subjects who may appear in it, or the location where it was taken.

The photograph is now held in the public domain and forms part of the Internet Archive's collection, with a copy also associated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.


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