J.B. Thayer – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of J.B. Thayer. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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J.B. Thayer
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The caption card gives this glass negative only a name, J.B. Thayer, and the Bain News Service itself noted that the title came from unverified data, so the subject's identity and role remain uncertain. Bain's agency, founded in New York around 1899, sold news pictures to newspapers, and its glass negatives, most of them 5 by 7 inches or smaller, record a wide range of people and events in the early twentieth century. Because the record gives no date, the exact year of the exposure is unknown. Viewers who want to learn more about Thayer should compare the negative with other Bain portraits and with newspaper archives from the period, which may name the sitter and the occasion.
| 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 | 4,172 × 5,766 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-8099 |
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