The Christmas carol – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures The Christmas carol in remarkable detail. 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 Christmas carol
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Children singing carols on a stereo card give this view a direct look at how the holiday was celebrated in the 1890s. Stereographs were printed as pairs of nearly identical photographs that, seen through a hand viewer, merged into a single image with depth, and they were a popular parlor entertainment in American homes of the period. The Baltimore firm of Underwood & Underwood produced large numbers of these cards, many showing everyday scenes, and the caroling tradition shown here was enjoying renewed popularity in Victorian households and communities.
| Created / published | Baltimore, Md. : Underwood & Underwood, c1890. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1890.Photographic prints 1890. |
| Notes | 6340v2 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Stroymeyer & Wyman. No. 2. |
| Subjects | Christmas--1890. Children singing--1890. Caroling--1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,255 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-188999 |
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