Italy, Rome, Church of St. John's (San Giovanni in Laterano) – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Italy, Rome, Church of St. John's (San Giovanni in Laterano), [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e3/e30ce9f24e0d-L.webp)
(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 Italy, Rome, Church of St. John's (San Giovanni in Laterano) in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Italy, Rome, Church of St. John's (San Giovanni in Laterano)
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Rome's Archbasilica of St. John Lateran is the city's oldest church and the cathedral of the bishop of Rome, which gives it a formal rank above St. Peter's. The site dates to the reign of Constantine in the early fourth century, and its facade was rebuilt in the 1730s, so the stone in a view like this reflects centuries of work. This glass negative came from the National Photo Company, a commercial firm that photographed Italian sites for a broad public in the years around 1916 and 1917. Streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of the original coating are visible on the glass, so the finer details may look uneven.
| Created / published | [between 1916 and 1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Subjects | Italy--Rome. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,122 × 6,432 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-262337 |
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