Wig-Wag practice – 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 Wig-Wag practice 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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Wig-Wag practice
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The title names the method directly. Wig-wag was a visual signaling system in which a single flag was waved in set patterns to pass messages across distances too far for the voice, and it was taught to military signalmen in the early twentieth century. This glass negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the New York news photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in those years. The record gives no date or location for the session, and the title comes from the agency's caption information, which is unverified, so the exact occasion remains uncertain.
| 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 | 4,947 × 3,397 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25885 |
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