A Room With A Canoe

A Room With A Canoe

Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

A Room With A Canoe

November 25, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 8 in. (16.6 × 20.3 cm)
Paper: 7 1/8 × 9 in. (18.1 × 22.9 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0082.0433
Inscriptions Printed on applied label attached at verso: 7164-A \ Associated Press Photo From New York \ Caution: Use Credit \ A ROOM WITH A CANOE \ Peter Burtt, 28, a former Canadian \ army man, carries his 16-foot aluminum canoe \ through the lobby of the Hotel Pennsylvania \ in New York Nov. 25 on way to his room after \ completion of a 6,000-mile canoe trip from \ Victoria, B.C. He finally surrendered his \ craft to hotel bell boys who placed it in a \ baggage room. Burtt began his voyage on \ April 13, 1946, but interrupted it at \ Edmonton, Alberta, during the past winter. \ Enroute to New York he said he lived on rice \ and dried fruit, supplemented by meat obtained \ from Canadian Indians. \ Associated Press Photo \ PJM 620p 11-25-47 NY TMS 53 \ ABC LIST-NYC OUT-GD-NYSW-MON-EL IMP-TMC \ PA-LON-MEX CITY
Stamped on verso, C: NOTICE \ This picture is the property of The Associated \ Press and may be used only for the purposes of \ reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may \ not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for \ advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. \ The following credit must be printed under \ each reproduction of this picture: \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
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