Wheeling USN – 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 Wheeling USN in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wheeling USN
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The title "Wheeling USN" points to a Navy connection and to Wheeling, a name that could refer to the West Virginia city or a vessel, but the record does not confirm which. The title comes from unverified caption data written by the Bain News Service, so the subject is best treated as provisional. The image is a glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. Bain's agency distributed news photographs in the early twentieth century, so pictures like this one usually reflect the press and wartime interests of that era. The negative format and the lack of a firm date make it worth checking against the collection's catalog records before drawing conclusions.
| 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 | 5,735 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10201 |
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