Hotel de Gink -- washing cups – 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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Step back in time with Hotel de Gink -- washing cups, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hotel de Gink -- washing cups
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The title "Hotel de Gink" is a playful phrase that the Bain News Service recorded on its negatives or caption cards, and the record does not confirm what the establishment was. The title points to washing cups, a routine chore in busy eating and drinking places of the period, when glassware and crockery were rinsed by hand between customers. George Grantham Bain's agency supplied pictures of city life and everyday work to newspapers from the early 1900s onward, so this view belongs to that record of ordinary commerce. No date is listed, so the exact year 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,754 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19426 |
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