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The great altar (95 feet high), St. Peter's Church, Rome

The great altar (95 feet high), St. Peter's Church, Rome

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The great altar (95 feet high), St. Peter's Church, Rome
ManufacturerAmerican, active 1892–1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The great altar (95 feet high), St. Peter's Church, Rome
  • from "Italy Through The Stereoscope"
Datec. 1914
PlaceRome, Italy
PlaceMeadville, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumGelatin silver stereograph
DimensionsEa. image: 3 1/4 × 3 in. (8.3 × 7.6 cm)
 Mount: 3 3/8 × 7 in. (8.6 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William J. Hill
Object number2004.1221.9
Non exposé

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Department
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Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed center recto: "7"

Printed on the left edge of the mount:
"Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers"

Printed on the right edge of the mount:
"Meadwille, Pa., New York, N.Y., Portland, / Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney. Aus."

Numbered and titled lower right:
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Title printed on verso in multiple languages.

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