Title:

Saint Petersburg. Nevsky Prospect: view along the street toward the Admiralty Building

Sub-Series Title:

Russia

Creator:

DeCou, Branson, 1892-1941

Type:

Image

Series:

Dream Pictures and Travelogues, Branson DeCou

Place:

St Petersburg

Topic:

Architecture, Cable cars (Streetcars), Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, and Towers

Description:

Hand-written label, "Leningrad". and View in tinted lantern slide, ca. 1931.

Subject:

Architecture, Cable cars (Streetcars), Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, Towers, and St Petersburg

Call Number:

MS 38

Title:

Saint Petersburg. Nevsky Prospect: view along the street toward the Admiralty Building

Sub-Series Title:

Russia

Creator:

DeCou, Branson, 1892-1941

Type:

Image

Series:

Dream Pictures and Travelogues, Branson DeCou

Place:

St Petersburg

Topic:

Architecture, Automobiles, Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, and Cable cars (Streetcars)

Description:

Hand-written label, "Leningrad". and View in tinted lantern slide, ca. 1931.

Subject:

Architecture, Automobiles, Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, Cable cars (Streetcars), and St Petersburg

Call Number:

MS 38

Title:

Saint Petersburg. Moscow Triumphal Gate, commemorating victory over Turkey in 1828

Sub-Series Title:

Russia

Creator:

DeCou, Branson, 1892-1941

Type:

Image

Series:

Dream Pictures and Travelogues, Branson DeCou

Place:

St Petersburg

Topic:

Plazas, Monuments, Cable cars (Streetcars), Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, and Gateways

Description:

Hand-written label, "Moscow Gate - Leningrad". and View in tinted lantern slide, ca. 1931. The gate, by architect Vasili Stasov, was built 1834-1838.

Subject:

Plazas, Monuments, Cable cars (Streetcars), Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, Gateways, and St Petersburg

Call Number:

MS 38

Title:

Saint Petersburg. Moskovsky Avenue: view of street, with Novodevichy Convent

Sub-Series Title:

Russia

Creator:

DeCou, Branson, 1892-1941

Type:

Image

Series:

Dream Pictures and Travelogues, Branson DeCou

Place:

St Petersburg

Topic:

Church buildings, Cable cars (Streetcars), Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, Wagons, Horse-drawn vehicles, and Towers

Description:

View in tinted lantern slide, ca. 1931. and In 1856-61, the Holy Resurrection Cathedral with five domes and five side-altars was erected in the centre of Novodevichy Convent (internal painting was done by artists A. A. Kolchin and R. F. Vinogradov, and icons were painted by nuns supervised by artist G. I. Yakovlev). The bell tower of St. Isidor Church was erected in 1892-95 (architects L. N. Benois, V. P. Tseidler, now destroyed), which gave a less traditional look to the ensemble.

Subject:

Church buildings, Cable cars (Streetcars), Voyages and travels, Cities and towns--Pictorial works, Wagons, Horse-drawn vehicles, Towers, and St Petersburg

Call Number:

MS 38