Venice Italy pier café Adriatic beach 1929 - Original Photo

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View Venice Italy pier café Adriatic beach 1929 - Original Photo with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Two unidentified travelers sit apart at small café tables on a wooden pier overlooking the Adriatic Sea at Venice, Italy, in 1929, with empty bentwood chairs scattered around them and the beach, surf and resort buildings of the Lido stretching away into the hazy distance under an ornate iron canopy. An original (not modern reprint) 3x2.5" antique photo from a collection of Italian travel photos from 1929. Likely a one of a kind image. Photo Overview Two unidentified travelers sit apart at small café tables on a wooden pier overlooking the Adriatic Sea at Venice, Italy, in 1929, with empty bentwood chairs scattered around them and the beach, surf and resort buildings of the Lido stretching away into the hazy distance under an ornate iron canopy. In the late 1920s Venice’s Lido was a glamorous European seaside resort, attracting international visitors to its grand hotels, casinos and bathing establishments along the Adriatic front; cafés like this one on the pier were favorite spots for winter and early spring promenades when the beaches were nearly empty. Original personal photographs of interwar Italy away from the usual canals and gondolas are scarce, making this moody composition a compelling addition for collectors of Venice, Lido and Adriatic coastal history - secure this unique vintage image now before it disappears into another collection. Text Present Front: no text visible on the image side. Back, upper left: "Venice 1929" Back, middle left: "On pier" Back, upper right: "Adriatic front" Print analysis: Small-format sepia photographic print on period fiber paper with slight silvering and tonal aging consistent with late 1920s-early 1930s chemistry. Handwritten date and location match the style and wear of the print, and there are no indications of halftone screening or later commercial reproduction. Based on the travel-diary context and physical characteristics, this is most likely an original darkroom print made from the negative within a few years of exposure, so best classified as a Type 1 photograph, c1929-early 1930s. Condition : Print is in good to excellent condition. Category: Collectibles › Photographic Images › Photographs.