Prerevolutionary Urban Images?

[Maria Dmytriyeva]

I would highly suggest checking the collection by Proskudin-Gorskii: 

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ 

besides, there is a lovely community in LiveJournal, 

http://community.livejournal.com/vintagephoto, 

where you can either browse it or post a message asking for this specific type of photos. there are a lot of people from Russia who love to share their photos with those who are interested. 

Maria 

> Dear Seelangers,
> 
> Does anyone know of a site (preferred) or publication where one can find photographs of pre-rev shopfronts and streets in St. Petersburg?  I'm searching for illustrations of urban 'byt.'
> 
> I've found several small sites through various search engines, but nothing that's quite what I'm looking for.  FYI, these are for artistic inspiration, not publication or dissemination.  Any suggestions (off-list, please) would be most appreciated 
> 
> Thanks,
> DJG

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