At tennis tournament- Morristown - Misses Hamilton, Crag, Stephens, Hamilton, Delia Torre, Hamilton and Smith – 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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures At tennis tournament- Morristown - Misses Hamilton, Crag, Stephens, Hamilton, Delia Torre, Hamilton and Smith in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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At tennis tournament- Morristown - Misses Hamilton, Crag, Stephens, Hamilton, Delia Torre, Hamilton and Smith
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Few details survive about the day itself, but this glass negative records a tennis tournament at Morristown, New Jersey, with a player list that includes several Misses Hamilton alongside Crag, Stephens, Delia Torre, and Smith. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency, supplied newspapers with photographs in the early twentieth century, so this was likely a quick news picture of a society sporting event. The caption comes from unverified notes on the negative, so the spellings of names and the exact occasion are worth checking against period newspapers. The plate also shows how women's tennis was drawing spectators and press attention in that era.
| 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 | 5,766 × 4,222 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15739 |
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