Mrs. H.P. Whitney – 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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This historic photograph of Mrs. H.P. Whitney brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mrs. H.P. Whitney
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Mrs. H.P. Whitney is identified here by name alone, a portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the sculptor and philanthropist who was married to financier Harry Payne Whitney. The Library of Congress holds this glass negative as part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with photographs of public figures in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact sitting is uncertain. Still, the collection as a whole offers a rich view of New York society and public life from roughly 1900 to 1915.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,215 × 4,739 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40227 |
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