Rival – 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 window into the past: Rival, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Titled simply "Rival," this 8 by 10 inch glass negative is dated July 12, 1890, but its record does not describe the scene, so the title is the only clue to its subject, suggesting a contest between two people, animals, or machines. The maker is an attribution based on the style of the title and numbering rather than a signed credit, a reminder that many views from this period left no record of who made them. Glass plates of this size were a common working format for photographers of the 1890s, and the plate's place in the Detroit Publishing Company collection, now held by the Library of Congress, keeps it available for study.
| Created / published | 1890 July 12. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Notes | Attribution based on style of title and numbering. (2nd) [...] July 12 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-71220 |
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