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[Humboldt statue, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.] – Vintage Print

[Humboldt statue, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Humboldt statue, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Pittsburgh collection.

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The statue in this view honors Alexander von Humboldt, the German naturalist and explorer whose writings on South America, climate, and the natural world made him one of the most celebrated scientists of the nineteenth century. Monuments to him appeared in several American cities, many of them tied to the large German-American communities that admired his work. The image comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, which between about 1900 and 1910 produced large numbers of city and landscape views for travel books and souvenir cards. Its glass negative captures the sculpture set within the park, offering a record of how Pittsburgh presented its public monuments at the turn of the century.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 4961" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036468. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHumboldt, Alexander Von,--1769-1859--Statues. Parks. Sculpture.United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67944

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