Convention in session, Chicago – Antique 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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Convention in session, Chicago
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Chicago drew national party conventions for decades, largely because of its rail connections and large halls such as the Coliseum, which could seat thousands of delegates and spectators. The record gives no date for this view, and its title comes from caption information the Bain News Service wrote on the negative or its card, which has not been verified. The Bain agency sold pictures of such events to newspapers across the country, so images like this one show how a convention floor and its crowds appeared to the press in the early twentieth century.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,810 × 4,203 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11801 |
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