A son of the ould sod. Galway, Ireland – Antique Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of A son of the ould sod. Galway, Ireland. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A son of the ould sod. Galway, Ireland
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Titled "A Son of the Ould Sod," this card presents older people in Galway, on Ireland's west coast, through a sentimental phrase that evoked the homeland for Irish emigrants and their American audiences. Philadelphia publisher C.H. Graves issued it around 1904, when stereo cards were viewed in parlors through a stereoscope that gave the scene a sense of depth. Many such cards mixed documentary observation with romanticized images of rural life, and this one is worth noticing for how it blends the two.
| Created / published | Philadelphia, Pa. : C.H. Graves, c1904. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H44961 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 7674. |
| Subjects | Older people--Ireland--Galway--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,249 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-191551 |
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