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[Crowd scene] – Antique Print

[Crowd scene] — historic print
[Crowd scene]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic print captures [Crowd scene] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Hats stand out across this crowd scene, which the record dates to somewhere between about 1954 and 1977, a period when hats were still a common part of dress for going out in public. The sheet is a photomechanical reproduction, meaning the image was transferred to a plate and printed by machine rather than produced as a single photograph, and the orange wash laid over the white paper gives it the warm, tinted look typical of mass-produced printed material of the time. Because the record names crowds rather than a particular event, the picture is best read as a record of everyday public gatherings and the clothing people wore to them.

Medium1 photomechanical print : reproductive process, with orange wash on white wove paper ; 25.0 x 21.2 cm. (sheet)
Notes[between ca. 1954 and 1977]
SubjectsCrowds--1950-1980. Hats--1950-1980.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,341 × 1,514 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172800

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