Belg. getting Am.-Sp. Food – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Belg. getting Am.-Sp. Food. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Belg. getting Am.-Sp. Food
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The title suggests Belgians receiving food connected to an American and a Spanish source, though its abbreviations leave the exact meaning open. The George Grantham Bain Collection holds news photographs from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century, and its glass negatives often capture quick scenes of wartime relief. Belgium suffered severe food shortages during the First World War, and the Commission for Relief in Belgium, largely American-led, organized food shipments and distribution there. The record gives no date, so the picture is best read as part of that broader story of hunger and charity.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,754 × 4,154 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25245 |
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