Detail View: Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection: View of Canton on approach upriver
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File Name:
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wolff_singlesAsiaAfricaEurope_011.tif
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Collection Name:
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Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection
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Collection Description:
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The Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection consists of approximately 7,000 original photographs and 7,000 publications, largely from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. As a whole, the collection traces the invention of photography, the scientific and technical components of its development, the history of photomechanical printing, vernacular photographic practices, and the medium's role in social and cultural documentation. The digitized portion of the collection focuses exclusively on private photographic albums ranging from cartes-de-visite albums to travel albums.
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Work Type:
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photographs
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Work Title:
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View of Canton on approach upriver
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Work Date:
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1880/1900
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Work Date Type:
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creation
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Location Name:
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China--Guangzhou
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Repository Location Name:
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University of Colorado Boulder Special Collections Department
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Repository Location Type:
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corporate
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Technique:
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gelatin silver prints
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Technique Vocab:
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aat
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Inscription Text:
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"View of Canton as you come up the river. A solid mass of Sampans and Junks. 300,000 are living on these boats, never going on shore."
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Inscription Text Type:
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caption
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Work Description:
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Image No. 11. "View of Canton as you come up the river. A solid mass of Sampans and Junks. 300,000 are living on these boats, never going on shore". Extended title in ink. 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 sepia photo, mounted. c. 1897.
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Work Description:
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Photo of densely packed boats, with buildings in the background.
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Work Description:
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Legacy file ID changed to match file names with extension on 2021-07-01. Original ID was: Wolff_AsiaAfricaEurope_singles_011.jpg
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Relation:
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Asia, Africa, and Europe album
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Relation Type:
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partOf
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Relation Relids:
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wolff_asiaAfricaEurope
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Relation href:
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http://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/s/cckl62
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Image Rights:
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The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Image Title:
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View of Canton on approach upriver
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Image Work Type:
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digital images
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/0c5149336513
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