Snapshots of the Past

[Nun holding child] – Historic Print

[Nun holding child], [ca. 1930] — historic photograph
[Nun holding child], [ca. 1930]. Historic photograph 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.)

Description

A window into the past: [Nun holding child], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

[Nun holding child]

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

A nun cradling a small child is the subject here, a quiet domestic moment that sets this print apart from the many portraits on the board. The record's caption card is unverified, so the exact setting and sitter are not confirmed. The print is a platinum image, a process prized for its soft, deep tonal range and permanence. It came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the Doris Ulmann Foundation in 1935, the year after the photographer's death, and it reflects her interest in people shaped by religious and community life.

Created / published[ca. 1930]
Medium1 photographic print : platinum ; 8 x 6 in. (20.5 x 15.4 cm.).
GenrePlatinum prints 1930.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Gift; Doris Ulmann Foundation, 1935 (DLC/PP-1935:055).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,174 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122881

More from the Historic Print Archive collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Mother and childMother and childChild with oak branch / EW.Child with oak branch / EW.A view from the camp at the east end of the naked sand hills, on the south east shore of the Isle of SableA view from the camp at the east end of the naked sand hills, on the south east Loening amphibious airplanes, 192-: Lueing OA-1 AmphibiansLoening amphibious airplanes, 192-: Lueing OA-1 Amphibians[Blanche Walsh as Trilby][Blanche Walsh as Trilby]Equarian condition powders - the most extraordinary medicine in the world for horsesEquarian condition powders - the most extraordinary medicine in the world for ho