Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: FRYER, Aaron G.
Event Date: 1946
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.003717

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Austria / religion; handwritten: #118 / Vienna / The Votive Church in Vienna so / called because it was erected in thanksgiving / for the salvation of emperor / Francis Joseph who was stabbed on / this spot by an assassin. “Votive” means / Thanksgiving in German. The church, one / of the very few German cathedrals built / in the manner of the French Gothic cathedrals / with its two spires, rose window / and three doorways, is relatively new / having been built in 1856-79. Slightly damaged / in World War II. Picture made Spring ’46. / Aaron G. Fryer / 129 E. Upsal St. / Phila. 19, PA; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK

Tagasauris Keywords: Architecture; Austria; Church; Copy space; Day; Design; Low angle view; Nobody; Outdoors; Religion; Religion and belief; Roman Catholic Church; Sky; Vatican City
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AUSTRIA / RELIGION: VATICAN CHURCH
Retouching: N