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Japanese theater troupe, titled "Theatre of Olden History"
Japanese theater troupe, titled "Theatre of Olden History"
Object Number 2003.1.2223.380
Display Title Japanese theater troupe, titled "Theatre of Olden History"
Descriptions
Object Description Japanese theater troupe, titled "Theatre of Olden History". 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.
Inventory Description Commercial photo of Japanese theater troope, titled Theatre of Olden History
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1870
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Albumen print
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of George P. Gordon, 1898

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