Railway Street and the new church in The Fair, Nijni-Novgord, Russia – Historic Photograph 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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Railway Street and the new church in The Fair, Nijni-Novgord, Russia comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Railway Street and the new church in The Fair, Nijni-Novgord, Russia
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Railway Street, which runs through the trading grounds known as The Fair at Nizhny Novgorod, frames this stereograph of a newly built church. The Nizhny Novgorod fair was one of the largest commercial gatherings in the Russian Empire, drawing merchants from across the country and beyond to the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers each summer. The H.C. White Company issued this view as a numbered stereo card, meant for viewing through a stereoscope, a popular way for American households around 1900 to see distant places. The caption card's tracings mention churches, bells, and markets, though the record notes that these details are unverified.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 4801. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Churches; Bells; Markets; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,343 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143747 |
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