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[Large buck deer standing on rock projecting from cliff] – Antique Print

[Large buck deer standing on rock projecting from cliff], c1911 Feb. 2. — historic photograph
[Large buck deer standing on rock projecting from cliff], c1911 Feb. 2.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A large buck stands poised on a rock ledge jutting from a cliff face, the kind of wild, unposed moment that stereographers of the early 1910s prized. This stereograph, issued by the publisher Ed. Tangen under number 1851 and dated around February 1911, belongs to a popular card format viewed through a hand stereoscope to create a sense of depth. Animal subjects like this one were a staple of commercial stereo series, offering armchair viewers a glimpse of big game in its natural setting. The record's details are partly unverified, so the exact location and photographer remain uncertain.

Created / publishedc1911 Feb. 2.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo published by Ed. Tangen. No. 1851. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Animals--Deer; Ph.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 778 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157958

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