Watching series game from rooftops – Vintage Print
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Watching series game from rooftops in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Watching series game from rooftops
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Spectators on rooftops, rather than in the stands, are the subject of this glass negative, which shows people following a series game from above. The record is undated, and its title comes from unverified Bain News Service caption information, so the specific game and location are uncertain. The scene fits the early twentieth century, when fans without tickets often gathered on rooftops and in street crowds to follow play by bulletin, since radio broadcasts were only beginning. Bain News Service, the New York photo agency founded by George Grantham Bain, supplied pictures like this to newspapers that wanted images of crowds at popular events.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,729 × 4,154 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18749 |
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