Skeleton leaves / John P. Soule, Boston. – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with Skeleton leaves / John P. Soule, Boston., a stereograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Skeleton leaves / John P. Soule, Boston.
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Rather than a view of a street or building, this stereograph records an arrangement of skeleton leaves, the translucent veins left after a leaf's soft tissue has been removed. In the 1870s, assembling these fragile specimens into decorative compositions was a popular parlor pastime, and photographing them gave the delicate designs a wider audience. Credited to John P. Soule of Boston, the card was meant for a stereoscope, where the two slightly offset images merged into a single three-dimensional view of the leaves.
| Created / published | c1873. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Portraits 1870-1880.Stereographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright by I.L. Rogers. |
| Subjects | Skeleton leaf arrangements--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 731 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167843 |
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