A horizontal sepia-toned photograph from the late nineteenth century depicts a group of thirteen people standing in a snowy field. The individuals are arranged in a wide, loose line across the center of the frame, dressed in heavy winter clothing including coats, hats, and mittens. Several people in the group hold tall, slender wooden poles or skis upright. In the center of the group, a small wooden sled rests on the snow. The background consists of a dense forest of thin, leafless trees under a pale, overcast sky. The foreground is a flat, expansive surface of white snow. Below the original photograph, a horizontal color calibration target featuring various colored squares and a grayscale step wedge is visible, included for archival digitization.
