History – Vintage 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.)
Description
This historic photograph of History brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Titled simply "History," this c1903 photographic print gives little beyond that one word, which suggests a composed or allegorical subject rather than a documentary view of a specific place or event. Many photographers and studios working between 1900 and 1910 made images like this, sometimes staging figures or symbolic props to comment on the past, at a time when pictorial photography was gaining recognition as an art form. The Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress holds prints from this period, so comparing this one with its neighbors in style and subject can reveal how such themes were handled.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 929 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-166430 |
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