[2 barefooted policemen posed full lgth., Capetown, South Africa] – Historic Reproduction
![[2 barefooted policemen posed full lgth., Capetown, South Africa], [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6d1937e4f737-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [2 barefooted policemen posed full lgth., Capetown, South Africa] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[2 barefooted policemen posed full lgth., Capetown, South Africa]
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Two policemen stand full length before the camera in Cape Town, and both are barefoot, a detail that sets this view apart from more typical formal portraits of uniformed officers. The print is dated only to a span between 1890 and 1923, and its caption card does not explain why the men went without shoes. It belongs to the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, assembled around the travel writer Frank G. Carpenter, whose photographs were meant to show readers how people lived in distant countries. Founded by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, Cape Town was a busy port city in this period, and images like this one document its everyday public life.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1930. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: South Africa. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Police. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,173 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156767 |
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