Title

Alley of Chamaerops excelsus [windmill palm], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Caption

Alley of Chamaerops excelsus [windmill palm], between 1905 and 1915. Russia? Trachycarpus fortunei, the Chinese windmill palm or Chusan palm, is a species of hardy evergreen palm tree in the family Arecaceae, native to parts of China, Japan, Myanmar and India. The names Chamaerops excelsus and Trachycarpus excelsus have occasionally been misapplied to Trachycarpus fortunei. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early 20th-century Russia and her empire, including the vanishing way of life of tribal peoples along the Silk Route in Central Asia. In a railway-carriage darkroom provided by Czar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky used the three-colour photography process to record traditional costumes and occupations, churches and mosques - many now Unesco World Heritage sites - as well as modernisation in agriculture, industry and transport.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A06_110

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Rights managed

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62,8Mb (4,6Mb) / 16,5in x 14,8in / 4960 x 4426 (300dpi)

Keywords

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