Vidy g. Koly.

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Names: Leitsinger, Iakov Ivanovich (Photographer)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1850 - 1916; Publisher: Ia. Leitsinger.
Library locations: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection; Shelf locator: Slav. Reserve (Photo) (Vidy g. Koly)
Topics: Kola (R.S.F.S.R.)
Notes: Content: According to Pierre Apraxine, the album is the "collection of 19 book pages of a disbounded album (no cover) consisting of 24 albumen prints in two sizes... on mounts with gilded frames. Small prints are two to a mount, with pasted printed titles and the signature of the photographer imprinted on the lower right corner: Ya. Leitsinger. Views of the city of Kola [in Murmanskaya oblast], sites of the Pechenskii Monastery, factories, camps, churches, and hospitals of various camps. Harbor installations; 2 group portraits of Lapps. Good documentation on rather primitive installations on the border with Norway. Prints of fine quality. A very good image of a Lapp family. Good condition of prints and mounts. The date is suggested by the appearance of the prints."
Physical Description: Extent: 24 mounted photographs on 91 l ; 31 1/2 cm.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPX92-B4248; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11614045; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 87926940-c6b4-012f-1e2d-58d385a7bc34