Davis Cup – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This historic photograph of Davis Cup brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Davis Cup
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The title "Davis Cup" points to the international men's tennis competition that Dwight F. Davis proposed in 1900 as a match between the United States and the British Isles, though the record gives no date and the label itself is unverified. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with pictures, made this glass negative, and its work from the early twentieth century shows how closely the press followed sporting events. Glass plates like this were the standard medium for news photographs of that era, which makes the image a useful record of how such contests were covered.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 8,895 × 6,400 px · prints to 30 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34208 |
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