Boxers on trial before the High Court, China – Historic 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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A window into the past: Boxers on trial before the High Court, China, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Captured Boxers standing trial before the High Court in China is the scene this stereo card records, a subject that is far more specific than a general view of the country. The Boxer uprising of 1899 to 1901 was a violent movement against foreign missionaries, diplomats and Chinese Christians, and its suppression led to foreign military intervention and a harsh settlement imposed on the Qing government. The card's printed date of about 1919 does not match its caption tracings, which link it to 1900, so the event is best understood as belonging to the uprising's aftermath. Stereographs like this were sold widely as parlor entertainment, and viewed through a stereoscope they gave home audiences a sense of depth and presence in distant places.
| Created / published | c1919 Dec. 13. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | J238398 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 14581. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Boxer Rebellion, 1900; China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1900; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,367 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172380 |
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