The Imperial Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia – Historic Reproduction
(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 historic photograph of The Imperial Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Imperial Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Set on the bank of the Neva River, the Winter Palace was the principal residence of the Russian tsars until the revolution of 1917, and this stereo card shows its long facade as a pair of nearly identical images meant to be seen together through a viewer. Architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli designed the current building in the 1750s and 1760s, and it now houses part of the State Hermitage Museum. The card was issued by Underwood & Underwood, an American firm that sold stereographs of distant places to home audiences, so it reflects the late-century appetite for armchair travel. The c1897 date comes from an older caption and is approximate.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,435 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107939 |
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