Pre-Revolutionary Russian Photography at the New York Public Library: An Introduction

2018/10/02 by Susan Smith‐Peter, Hee-Gwone Yoo · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Visual Culture and Art Theory #Photography and Visual Culture #Archaeological Research and Protection #Checklist #George (robot) #Documentation #Variety (cybernetics) #Photography #Library science #Empire #Art history #Russian federation #History #Political science #Art #Visual arts #Sociology #Ancient history #Regional science #Computer science

paper · open access · doi:10.1080/15228886.2018.1538864

published in Slavic & East European Information Resources 19(3-4), 263-368 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

This article is an introduction to the New York Public Library’s pre-revolutionary Russian and Eastern European photographic albums. It also provides a checklist of these albums. The checklist is an especially rich source for Russian architecture, art, and science and provides documentation for a variety of places in the center and provinces of the Russian Empire. Some of the most significant albums are those once owned by the Romanovs and by George Kennan the elder, America’s first Russian expert.

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• New York Public Library [wikipedia]

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