Congressman Henry and Mrs. Littleton – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Congressman Henry and Mrs. Littleton, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Congressman Henry and Mrs. Littleton
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The pairing of a congressman and his wife in a single glass negative reflects how the Bain News Service worked: it produced quick portraits of public figures for newspaper use. The library's title comes from identifying information the agency wrote on the negative or its caption card, and that data is unverified, so the names and occasion should be treated as provisional. George Grantham Bain founded his news photo service in New York in the early 1900s, and its glass plates, made mostly through the 1910s and 1920s, show how press photographers worked before wire transmission became common. The small glass format is worth noticing, since each image had to be developed, printed and captioned by hand before reaching an editor.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,235 × 5,785 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12527 |
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