Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston

Biograph summary: This astonishing picture was made at the "L" Street baths, Boston, in mid-winter, the temperature being only a few degrees above zero. A number of sturdy men in bathing trunks are first shown playing on the ice, some of them having skates attached to their bare feet and other playing hand-ball. After their exercise they run along the shore, upon which the ice hummocks are piled high and plunge from the end of the ice-covered pier into the freezing waters of the bay. During the entire picture the frosty breath of the men is plainly discernible. The film is of the very best photographic value, and the subject in every way one of the most remarkable we have ever made.