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[Private droski (horse-drawn carriage), Petrograd, Russia] – Vintage Wall Art

[Private droski (horse-drawn carriage), Petrograd, Russia], c1918 Feb. 25. — historic photograph
[Private droski (horse-drawn carriage), Petrograd, Russia], c1918 Feb. 25.. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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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[Private droski (horse-drawn carriage), Petrograd, Russia]

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A private droski, the light open carriage once common on the streets of Petrograd, is the subject here, and its owner's private ride marks it as a survivor of an older city life. The picture is dated circa February 25, 1918, a few weeks after the Bolshevik government had taken power and just as the city was entering a period of food shortages and upheaval. In that period, privately owned carriages and their horses were becoming rarer on the streets, so the scene records a form of transport that was giving way to requisitions and hardship. The Library of Congress catalogs the print under the city's name, which had been Saint Petersburg until 1914.

Created / publishedc1918 Feb. 25.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ228058 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal per Photoduplication Service.
SubjectsCarriages & coaches--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 835 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166789

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