Sawmill on the Kumsa River near Medvezhya Gora Station

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1915 • Karelia, Kumsa River, Medvezhyegorsk

Sawmill on the Kumsa River near Medvezhya Gora Station, Karelia, 1915

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Sawmill on the Kumsa River near Medvezhya Gora Station — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1915 (Karelia, Kumsa River, Medvezhyegorsk).

Subjects: lumber industry, rivers, karelia, kumsa river, medvezhyegorsk.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.

Original Russian caption: Liesopilka na riechkie Kumsa u st. Medviezhʹia Gora.