Several years ago, a photograph of the Kexholm Regiment, taken in 1903 by an unknown photographer, circulated on the Internet. 

🔻The photo depicts over 1000 people. It's enormous, and each face is clearly visible.

🔻The 42x94 cm print is matted and framed. Everything suggests that the photograph was printed using a contact process from a glass negative. It's highly likely that the camera capable of handling negatives of this size was either custom-built or made to a special order.

🔻Unfortunately, we don't know the photographer's name or the exact location where the photograph was taken. We only know that the Kexholm Regiment was stationed in Warsaw, and the year of the photograph is 1903. The caption under the photograph states:

"The Leib-Guards Kexholm Regiment of the Austrian Emperor, founded in 1710 by Emperor Peter I. Since its founding, the regiment has participated in 20 wars, spending 50 years in active service, and has been to Sweden, Persia, Turkey, Germany, Denmark, England, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, and Bulgaria. In naval campaigns, it has been to the Atlantic Ocean, the Baltic, North, Mediterranean, Black, Marmara, and Caspian Seas."

📎 Did the man (in the right upper corner, Pic 3) look familiar to you?

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