Drawing papa's picture – Antique 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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This rare historic photograph captures Drawing papa's picture in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Children marking up a father's artwork is the mischief this card stages under the title *Drawing papa's picture*. It is numbered 1438 in a series of humorous stereographs issued around 1906 by the Standard Scenic Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Comic scenes like this were popular parlor entertainment in the early 1900s, when viewers held paired photographs up to a stereoscope to see them in three dimensions. The joke about unruly children depends on the viewer recognizing the moment of trouble at a glance.
| Created / published | Meadville, Pa. : Standard Scenic Company, c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Humorous pictures 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | No. 1438. |
| Subjects | Drawing--1900-1910. Misbehaving children--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 739 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164844 |
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