You get the exact 7 original vintage photo album in the listing images.Condition: GoodVintage used condition.
Vintage circa-1950 original photographic folio containing seven black-and-white photographs documenting a Russian Orthodox religious gathering/procession believed to have been taken at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York.
The photographs show Orthodox clergy, monastics and lay attendees participating in what appears to be a formal religious procession and gathering on the monastery grounds. Several images provide excellent views of the church architecture and assembled congregation.
Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville became one of the important centers of Russian Orthodox émigré religious life in the United States. Construction of Holy Trinity Cathedral began in the 1940s, with the cathedral consecrated in 1950. Holy Trinity Monastery The monastery continues to hold major pilgrimages involving processions of clergy, icons and pilgrims. [link removed by ]
The seven photographs remain together in their original period “Folio Fotos by Midtown” folder, marked on the rear:
MIDTOWN PHOTOGRAPHING CORP.
NEW YORK 10, N.Y.
Photographs have attractive period deckled/scalloped edges and measure approximately 5.5x 3.25 inches based on the ruler shown in the photographs.
Scenes include clergy and monastics processing outdoors; clergy in ornate Orthodox vestments; large groups of worshippers assembled outside the church; views of the church/cathedral exterior; and what appears to be the carrying of religious icons or objects during the procession.
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