Park from Upper Church, Lourdes – 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.)
Description
This historic photograph of Park from Upper Church, Lourdes brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Park from Upper Church, Lourdes
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Shot from the Upper Church, this view looks down on the park and town of Lourdes, the French Pyrenean town that became a major pilgrimage destination after Bernadette Soubirous reported visions of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto of Massabielle in 1858. The image belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection of glass negatives from the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency active in the early twentieth century. The title comes from unverified information on the negatives or caption cards, and no date is recorded, so the scene is best read as a glimpse of a busy shrine town in that period.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,184 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15601 |
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