CONNECTICUT & MAYFLOWER – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of CONNECTICUT & MAYFLOWER. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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CONNECTICUT & MAYFLOWER
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The title pairs two names, CONNECTICUT and MAYFLOWER, which points to a photograph of two vessels or a comparison between them. The Mayflower is best known as a sloop that defended the America's Cup in 1886, and yachting was a major subject for news photographers of that era. The record gives no date and notes that the title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact occasion remains uncertain. Bain News Service, which supplied pictures to newspapers in New York from the early 1900s, made the glass negative, a format that preserved fine detail in maritime scenes.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,785 × 4,223 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11190 |
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