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This photochrom from the 1890s displays a view of the square from the dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral towards Marie Palace. Behind the palace, the capital of the Russian Empire is seen all the way to the Trinity Cathedral.
Photochrome is a colorizing process combining photography and color lithography. It was especially popular in the 1890s, when the technique was used to create a color print from a black and white photo negative, using between four and fourteen lithograph stones, made from rocklike substances, to colorize the print with several different inks.
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English: Place of the Imperial Council, West Side, St. Petersburg, Russia. – Monochrom image of St Isaac's Square and the Saint Petersburg skyline, 1890s.
Русский: Открытка с видом Синего моста через реку Мойку в Санкт-Петербурге.Размер для корректного отображения в функции Thumb. По поводу даты: в описании по ссылке написано 1890-1900, (там откуда изначально было загружено 1900-1917)
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between 1890 and 1905date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Monochrom image of St Isaac's Square and the Saint Petersburg skyline, 1890s. {{PD-LOC}} Source: http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/03800/03883u.tif TITLE: CALL NUMBER: LOT 13419, n
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