The missing link no. 2 – 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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The missing link no. 2
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Titled *The missing link no. 2*, this c1904 photoprint is credited to the Gerhard Sisters, though its other details come from an unverified caption card. The phrase "missing link" grew out of debates over human evolution after Darwin, and by the early 1900s it was a popular hook for sideshows, postcards, and novelty studio portraits that played on public curiosity about where people fit among the apes. Pictures like this were usually staged for amusement rather than documentation, so they reveal more about that fascination with the idea than about any real person or specimen.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by Gerhard Sisters. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 951 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152807 |
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