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A. Aubrey Bodine 
The Big Freeze 
1936 
  
Gelatin silver print 
Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine 
© Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-084) 
  
 
LL/22041 
  
Normally the Chesapeake Bay is free from ice, but occasionally a severe winter belies its location below the Mason-Dixon Line. This happened last in 1936. The Bay itself iced over completely for about 80 of its 195 miles--almost down to the Patuxent River. Its tributaries right on down to the James froze up. Fields of ice drift lay between the Virginia Capes. The dredge boats, framed by a necklace of icicles, sought shelter in Spa Creek in Annapolis. They were immobilized for weeks. 
 

 
  
 
  
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