Martinelli – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Martinelli in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The only identifying detail in this record is the surname Martinelli, a title the Bain News Service attached to the negative and its caption card without verification. The name is most often linked to Giovanni Martinelli, the Italian-born tenor who sang leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for decades, though the record does not confirm that identification. Bain News Service was a New York photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century, and its glass negatives document theater, sports and public figures of that period. With no date recorded, the image is best read as a portrait of its era and its publicity culture.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,415 × 4,941 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26970 |
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