Theobald Smith – 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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Step back in time with Theobald Smith, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Theobald Smith
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The record identifies this glass negative only as Theobald Smith, a name the Bain News Service wrote on the negative or its caption card. The Library of Congress notes that this attribution is unverified. The name belongs to a notable American scientist: Smith studied animal disease, and in 1893 he and Frederick Kilborne showed that a tick could carry an infection between cattle, the first demonstration that an insect could transmit a disease agent. Bain News Service, a New York press photo agency founded in 1899, produced many images like this one for newspapers, so the plate reflects everyday news photography more than a formal studio commission.
| 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 | 4,216 × 5,847 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-7353 |
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