Old Heidelberg – Antique 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 Old Heidelberg. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Old Heidelberg
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Heidelberg, the university town on the Neckar River in Germany, gives this humorous scene its name, and the title may also echo the sentimental German play *Alt-Heidelberg*, which was popular on American stages in the early 1900s. The town's ruined castle and centuries-old university made it a favorite subject for travel views and student-life stories. Detroit Publishing Company, which made both photographs and hand-colored photochrom prints, often turned to lighthearted subjects like this one to appeal to tourists and armchair travelers. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative, made around 1905, is the original image from which prints were made.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Humorous pictures.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018852. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62328 |
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