Historical Portrait

[Portrait of a rooster]

1870·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain

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1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)

About this photograph

This stereograph photograph was produced by Schreiber & Sons in 1870. The image shows a rooster, presented in portrait format.

The photograph is a print mounted on card measuring 9 x 18 centimeters, the standard size for stereographic images of the period. Stereographs were designed to be viewed through a special device that created the illusion of depth.

No further information about this particular photograph, the rooster depicted, or the circumstances of its creation is available in the archive record.

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Credit: Library of Congress

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