Theo. M. Davis, with unidentified gentleman – Historic Print
(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 Theo. M. Davis, with unidentified gentleman in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Theo. M. Davis, with unidentified gentleman
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Theodore M. Davis, the American lawyer and amateur archaeologist, is the named subject here, and his presence on a Bain News Service negative points to the wide newspaper interest in his work. He financed excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings in the early 1900s, and his finds drew considerable attention in the American press. The second man in the frame is unidentified, and the title comes from caption data the news service recorded without independent verification, so the exact occasion is uncertain. The glass negative format and the Bain archive's roughly 1900 to 1920s coverage place the image within the era of photojournalism that made such figures familiar to newspaper readers.
| 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,766 × 4,247 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5227 |
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