A Very serious case – 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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A Very serious case comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Titled "A Very Serious Case," this c1905 print uses its name to set up a joke: children at play are staged to look like a solemn matter of importance. Humorous photographs like this were popular in the 1900s, when commercial studios produced staged scenes of children, couples and everyday mishaps for sale as novelty prints. This one was issued by the Photograph Company of America of Chicago, and its catalog number, 1328, shows it was part of a numbered series. Its survival in the Library of Congress reflects how such ephemeral comic pictures were preserved as records of popular tastes in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Humorous pictures 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Photograph Company of America, Chicago. No. 1328. |
| Subjects | Children--1900-1910. Play (Recreation)--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,229 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168044 |
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