Little Orphan Annie in a Pittsburgh Institution – 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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Little Orphan Annie in a Pittsburgh Institution comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Little Orphan Annie in a Pittsburgh Institution
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The title borrows its name from James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie," so this picture pairs a sentimental literary figure with a real institutional setting in Pittsburgh. Orphanages and charitable homes were common in American industrial cities during the 1900s, housing children whose parents had died, could not support them, or had been separated from them. The print comes from a portfolio issued by the Photo League in New York, and its catalog record notes that some of its details are unverified.
| Created / published | 1909 |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print ; 6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (16.8 x 11.4 cm.) |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | From the second portfolio issued by the Photo League, N.Y. Do not reproduce without permission of the Photo League. This record contains unverified data from shelflist card. Gift; The Photo League, N.Y.; 1950 December 21. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 131. |
| Subjects | Orphans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1900-1910. Girls--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,052 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114430 |
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