Dotombori or Theatre Street, Osaka, Japan
Underwood & Underwood
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 88 x 178 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520649
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting Dotombori or Theatre Street - looking north - where the townspeople get amusement. Osaka, Japan. The print is mounted on stiff, curved, grey card with rounded corners. The images have arched tops and square bottoms. Recto: printed in black ink on the right lower margin (20) 8978 Dotombori or Theatre Street - looking north - where the townspeople get amusement. Osaka, Japan. In the left hand margin printed in italic print in black ink Underwood & Underwood Publishers New York, London, Toronto- Canada, Ottawa- Kansas In the right hand margin: Works and Studios Arlington N.J. Westwood N.J.. Verso there is a long and detailed description of the location, and at the bottom: "Dotombori or Theatre Street, Osaka, Japan" written in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Russian.
Provenance
The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Underwood & Underwood, publisher