The Widow's Mite – Vintage 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: The Widow's Mite, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Widow's Mite
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The title points to a parable from the Gospels of Mark and Luke, in which a poor widow drops two small coins into the temple treasury and Jesus remarks that she has given more than the rich, who gave from their surplus. Stereographs like this one, made around 1876, were staged tableaux with posed figures, and viewers examined them through a stereoscope in the parlor. Scenes drawn from Scripture and moral stories were a popular choice, since they offered both entertainment and edification. The card's catalog number, 94, suggests it belonged to a numbered series from the publisher, Melander & Bro.
| Created / published | c. 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print on stereo card, stereograph |
| Notes | Melander & Bro. No. 94 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,700 × 3,097 px · prints to 9 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142252 |
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