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Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1907 – Vintage Wall Art

Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1907, 1907 February 5. — historic photograph
Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1907, 1907 February 5.. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1907. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1907

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Taken at Orchestra Hall on February 5, 1907, this wide group portrait shows the Chicago Orchestra, the ensemble Theodore Thomas founded in 1891 and led until his death in 1905. Frederick Stock took over the podium after Thomas, and the orchestra's home was the hall that opened in 1904 on Michigan Avenue. The print was made by the Geo. R. Lawrence Company, a Chicago firm known for banquet camera photographs, which swept a lens across a gathering to record everyone on one long gelatin silver plate.

Created / published1907 February 5.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25.5 in.
GenreGroup portraits.Portrait photographs.Gelatin silver prints.Banquet camera photographs.
NotesH90562 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 18, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43147.337. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. No. 9033.
SubjectsOrchestras. Chicago Symphony Orchestra--People.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,065 × 4,143 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210453

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