The High, the principal street of Oxford, England's most celebrated university town – Historic Photograph 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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This rare historic photograph captures The High, the principal street of Oxford, England's most celebrated university town in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The High, the principal street of Oxford, England's most celebrated university town
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The High is the main east-west thoroughfare of Oxford, and its run past several of the university's colleges, including University College, Oriel, Queen's, and All Souls, gave it the reputation this card's title claims. The stereograph, a pair of slightly offset photographs meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, was issued by the H.C. White Company, a firm known for mass-producing such cards for parlor viewing in the early twentieth century. Around 1902, these cards offered armchair travelers a three-dimensional look at distant places, and street scenes like this one show the stone colleges, shopfronts, and foot traffic that made Oxford a favorite subject.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White. No. 2581. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Univ. & Colleges; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 740 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-171750 |
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