Delivery of concert piano, Nagpur, India, 1923--Helena Morstyn, pianist, at right – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Delivery of concert piano, Nagpur, India, 1923--Helena Morstyn, pianist, at right. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Delivery of concert piano, Nagpur, India, 1923--Helena Morstyn, pianist, at right
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In this 1923 photograph, a concert piano is being delivered in Nagpur, a city in central India, with the pianist Helena Morstyn standing at right. Few Western concert instruments reached towns like Nagpur in the 1920s, so a delivery of this kind was a notable event and a sign of the European and American musical culture that circulated among colonial communities. The picture also records a woman professional in the frame, which fits the collection's subject heading on women's employment in India during the 1920s.
| Created / published | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1920-1930.Group portraits 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Morstyn, Helena. Women--Employment--India--Nāgpur--1920-1930. Pianos--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194653 |
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