Europe or US: Where is this photograph from?

[kawabata]

I know this photograph is from 1883, however, I am not sure whether it is from the US or Europe. If it is from Europe, it is most likely from some part of Germany or Poland. If from the US, probably Ohio.

There appears to be a label or stamp at the bottom in green, but I can't make out the text. I've included a second zoomed in view of this text.

The photograph measures
2.5 inches wide by about 4 1/8 inches tall

It is printed on a fairly thick card stock

The corners are rounded

Thanks for the help!!

[chinakay]

Tough one, but I have an idea.

First, for the zoomed-in bit, did you just enlarge the original scan or did you rescan the bottom of the photo?

What I'd like to see is a very high resolution, say 1200 or so, of just the green printed word at the bottom. Put the photo back in the scanner, drag a box around the word so only that much gets scanned, and select a high resolution. If you could do that, it might confirm what I think

Cheers
China

[Treetotal]

Does this help China?
Carol

[chinakay]

Okay great, Carol...I see this:

Ф O T O Г

That's F O T O G

In other words, definitely not Ohio

[jim1]

Looks like it says Ohio to me.
jim

[apwright]

I agree with China,
Very definitely ФОТО...ОЛДЬ. But very INdefinitely the middle bit!
Russian...

Adrian

[chinakay]

Thanks, Adrian

[Little Nell]

I agree with Adrian - and that was before I could scroll down and read the replies.

I've tried to work out what the full word might be, but nothing I think of has the right ending. 

Nell

[Polldoll]

Isolated the green and desaturated to show it more ...maybe China ....