#antique photographs
“Bunch of Balloons” - a group of young ladies posing at a park with rubber balloons on sticks, possibly as part of some kind of event as they are all wearing ribbon pins. Snapshots, c. 1920s.
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Kore statue from the Acropolis of Athens (1919) - Daniel Baud-Bovy, Frédéric Boissonnas. Des Cyclades en Crète au gré du vent, Geneva, Boissonnas & Co.
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Detail of a late 19th century photograph of an unknown statue that likely dates to the Neoclassical period of the 18th and 19th centuries. The photograph is part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Detail of an antique photograph of the Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd century CE Roman marble copy of an original Greek bronze that would have dated to the 4th century BCE. The photograph was taken by Joseph Spithöver on March 8, 1867, according to a handwritten note on the back.
TheApollo Belvedere is currently located in the Vatican Museums, and this photograph is part of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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