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Woman stepping into pushcart
Object Number 2003.1.2223.393
Display Title Woman stepping into pushcart
Descriptions
Object Description Print from PA-IN60-41, nineteenth century commercial photographic studio views of Japan. Subjects include portaiture as well as studio se-up scenes of Japanese "daily life." Photographs are primarily albumen prints, many with applied color. Many of the photographs in this collection can be found in "A Timely Encounter: 19th Century Photographs of Japan." Photographs were exhibited in Peabody Museum and Wellesley college joint exhibition.
Subject
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Pushcart
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1870
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Albumen print
Label on object H15145; Gift of Miss Mary Lothrop 1927 / Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Provenance
Collector Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow
Donor Donated by Mary B. Lothrop

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