Skirmishing near the monasteries in the air northern Greece – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Skirmishing near the monasteries in the air northern Greece. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Skirmishing near the monasteries in the air northern Greece
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Few war views from 1897 place fighting so close to religious houses, and this stereograph shows skirmishing in northern Greece, where monasteries were often built on high, defensible ground. The Greco-Turkish War of that year was brief, lasting only about a month in spring, and its fighting centered on the border regions of Thessaly and Epirus. Stereo cards like this one were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the scene depth and made distant combat feel immediate to viewers at home. The copyright entry names John Rogers, a sculptor, as claimant, a reminder that such cards often passed through hands other than their makers.
| Created / published | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | 40360 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. · Rogers John 1829-1904 sculptor copyright claimant. |
| Subjects | Monasteries--Greece--1890-1900. Greco-Turkish War 1897--Campaigns & battles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,608 × 2,163 px · prints to 15 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271572 |
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