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Photo, Print, Drawing Altaĭ. - Prokhodnoĭ most" cherez" vodopad" na r. Arasanka. Алтай. - Проходной мостъ черезъ водопадъ на р. Арасанка.

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Title

  • Altaĭ. - Prokhodnoĭ most" cherez" vodopad" na r. Arasanka.

Other Title

  • Алтай. - Проходной мостъ черезъ водопадъ на р. Арасанка.

Translated Title

  • Bridge Across a Waterfall on the Arasan River.

Summary

  • This photograph is part of a collection of color postcards made from negatives taken by photographer Sergei Ivanovich Borisov (1859-1935) in the Altay, or Altai, Mountains region of southern Siberia early in the 20th century. Borisov was born into a family of serfs in Simbirsk (present-day Ulyanovsk) and was forced to work from an early age. In the late 1880s he moved to the city of Barnaul in Altayskiy Kray, where in 1894 he opened a photography studio. This studio later became the largest and most popular in the city. In 1907, Borisov began his expedition in the Altay Mountains, which lasted until 1911. He took around 1,500 photographs during this expedition, which, upon his return to Barnaul, he presented to the public through the use of a magic lantern. The photographs depict views of nature in remote corners of the Altay Mountains and the Altay and Kazakh peoples indigenous to this region. Borisov offered the photographs to various European publishers for the production of postcards. The collection includes two series of color postcards. The first series was issued by the Swedish printing company Granberg Society in Stockholm, but it is not known where the second series was published. The postcards are preserved in the Altay State Regional Studies Museum in Barnaul and were digitized for the Meeting of Frontiers digital library project in the early 2000s. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Borisov, Sergei Ivanovich, , approximately 1859-1935 , photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1911-1913]

Headings

  • -  transport
  • -  dorogi
  • -  mosty
  • -  Altaĭ
  • -  Altai Mountains Region
  • -  Bridges
  • -  Cliffs
  • -  Postcards
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Trees
  • -  Waterfalls
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Altay, Respublika
  • -  транспорт
  • -  дороги
  • -  мосты
  • -  Алтай

Notes

  • -  Original image at: Altai State Regional Studies Museum

Medium

  • 1 photograph : color ; 8.7 x 13.6 cm.

Source Collection

  • Sergei Ivanovich Borisov's Color Photo-Cards of the Altai Mountains

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018683823

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Borisov, Sergei Ivanovich, Approximately, photographer. Altaĭ. - Prokhodnoĭ most" cherez" vodopad" na r. Arasanka. Russian Federation Altay Respublika, 1911. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1913] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018683823/.

APA citation style:

Borisov, S. I., photographer. (1911) Altaĭ. - Prokhodnoĭ most" cherez" vodopad" na r. Arasanka. Russian Federation Altay Respublika, 1911. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1913] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018683823/.

MLA citation style:

Borisov, Sergei Ivanovich, Approximately, photographer. Altaĭ. - Prokhodnoĭ most" cherez" vodopad" na r. Arasanka. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1913] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018683823/>.