Castro Landing – Antique 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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A window into the past: Castro Landing, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Castro Landing
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Castro Landing refers to the ferry landing at Castro Street on San Francisco Bay, a place where commuters and goods crossed between the city and the East Bay and its surrounding towns. The Bain News Service, a Manhattan-based wire photo agency, sent photographers and printed images across the country, and its glass negatives in the George Grantham Bain Collection document scenes like this one. The record gives no date, so the exact year is unknown, but the bayside landings of this period were busy hubs of ferry traffic, freight, and daily passengers. The title itself comes from unverified caption data, so it is worth reading the scene as a likely rather than confirmed label.
| 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 | 5,829 × 4,253 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-8821 |
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