Fitziu on horseback – 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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Fitziu on horseback comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fitziu on horseback
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Fitziu, the name given in this picture's title, is shown mounted on a horse, a subject that set the era's press photography apart from posed studio portraits. The title comes from caption cards and negative data supplied by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose staff documented theater, society, and sporting life in the early 1900s. The record does not confirm the rider's identity or the date, so the picture is best read as a glimpse of riding as a public pastime of that period. The glass negative format also shows how press photographers of the time worked, with bulky equipment and fragile plates.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 2,043 × 1,433 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-35773 |
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