Bread market, Cracow, the ancient Polish capital, Austria-Hungary – Antique Wall Art
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Bread market, Cracow, the ancient Polish capital, Austria-Hungary in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bread market, Cracow, the ancient Polish capital, Austria-Hungary
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Set in the bread market of Kraków, the former royal capital of Poland, this view is dated to about May 1917, when the city lay under Austria-Hungary. Polish kings ruled from Kraków for centuries before the court moved to Warsaw in the late 1500s, and during the First World War its market squares were places where food supply mattered every day. Issued by the Keystone View Company as a stereograph, the card was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a sense of depth. The caption data is old and unverified, so the exact date remains uncertain.
| Created / published | c1917 May 31. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 15661. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Bread...; Markets--Poland--Cracow--1917; Poland--Cracow--1917; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,414 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146774 |
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