Kantner at Start – 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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Kantner at Start comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Kantner at Start
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The title "Kantner at Start" points to a person named Kantner photographed at the beginning of an event, most likely a race or other timed contest, though the record does not confirm the name or the occasion. The Bain News Service, founded in New York by George Grantham Bain around 1899, sold news photographs to newspapers, and its glass negatives from the 1900s and 1910s capture everyday events, public figures, and sporting moments. Because the record gives no date, the picture is best understood as part of that wider newsroom practice of documenting a moment just before the action began. The collection's glass negatives are worth noticing for their fine detail and their record of early news photography.
| 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 | 5,779 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17701 |
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