Robinson's Grand Moving Panoramic Scenes of the Present War! at Allston Hall – Antique Photo Print
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This historic image of Robinson's Grand Moving Panoramic Scenes of the Present War! at Allston Hall brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Robinson's Grand Moving Panoramic Scenes of the Present War! at Allston Hall
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Advertised as a moving panorama of "the present war," this print points to the Civil War years, when painted scrolls several hundred feet long were unrolled across a stage while a lecturer described the scenes. Such shows gave audiences in cities like Boston their most vivid picture of distant battlefields, camps and hospitals, at a time when photographs were hard to reproduce and newspaper illustrations were crude. The color print preserves the advertising side of that entertainment, showing how a traveling spectacle was marketed to the public. Its Boston setting also reflects how the city's halls and theaters hosted wartime exhibitions for a public eager for news.
| Original scan | 3,424 × 4,733 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 001da Robinson's grand moving panoramic scenes of the present war! at Allston Hall ... [Boston 186-]. |
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