Project

ID 187 SubmitterName   SubmitterEmail   Name The World of 1900-1917 in Color | Мир 1900-1917 в цвете URL http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/ Creator   Manager   Participating Library of Congress | Restavrator-M Research and Restoration Center | Schusev State Museum of Architecture Funder Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Ministry of Culture Host   Description This project has converted to digital format a collection of triple glass plate negatives (owned by the Library of Congress since 1948), taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii, a photographer and scientist who lived from 1863 to 1944. Goal access | scholarly access Digital processes High-resolution scanning Inception 2003 Future plans   Collection    Title The World of 1900-1917 in Color | Мир 1900-1917 в цвете URL http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/Russian/database.php3?first=0 Creator Digital Technologies in Restoration Lab of the Scientific Council for Cybernetics (Russian Academy of Sciences) and the "Restavrator-M" Restoration Center Description Collection of digital images rendered from triple-frame glass negatives. Subject focus History Russia--Social life and customs--1533-1917 Geographical focus Russia Chronological focus   Language of items rus eng Size of collection 1902 images Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/TIFF Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted ©2003 LabRT, Restavrator-M Made available 2003 Frequency of additions   Future plans