Vallecita's leopards / The Photo Crafts Shop of Denver. – Vintage Photo 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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Vallecita's leopards / The Photo Crafts Shop of Denver. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Vallecita's leopards / The Photo Crafts Shop of Denver.
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Vallecita's leopards shows a woman animal trainer posing with her big cats, the detail that sets this print apart from the many circus and menagerie photographs of the period. The image was made by the Photo Crafts Shop of Denver around 1906, and its copyright registration suggests the studio meant it for wider sale as a postcard-style print. Pictures like this reflect a time when women could earn a living performing with wild animals in traveling shows, a line of work that drew both public fascination and debate about who should be allowed to take such risks.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H74421 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 84. |
| Subjects | Leopards--1900-1910. Circus performers--1900-1910. Women--Employment--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177671 |
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