Portraits of America

A Chinese family

1898·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain
A Chinese family, 1898 (Library of Congress)
A Chinese family, 1898 (Library of Congress)
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1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.


The Detroit Photographic Company produced this photochrom print in 1898. The photochrom process created color prints from black-and-white photographs through photomechanical means.

The record identifies the subjects only as a Chinese family. No names, location, or circumstances of the portrait are documented. The archive provides no information about who they were, where the photograph was taken, or what prompted its creation.

The print is held in the Library of Congress collections.

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