資し料りょう写しゃ真しん

noun

archive photo; file photo; reference photo

A photograph kept for reference, documentation, or archival purposes, often used in journalism, research, or record-keeping.

• 新しん聞ぶん記き事じには資し料りょう写しゃ真しんが添そえられていた。

  An archive photo was attached to the newspaper article.

• この資し料りょう写しゃ真しんは十じゅう年ねん前まえのものです。

  This file photo is from ten years ago.