L. Rothier – Vintage 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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A window into the past: L. Rothier, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The only identifying text on this glass negative is the name "L. Rothier," which the Bain News Service recorded on its caption cards, and the Library of Congress notes that the title is unverified. The surname may point to Léon Rothier, the French bass who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York for many seasons in the early twentieth century, but the record does not confirm that. Bain News Service was a New York picture agency that supplied newspapers with portraits of performers, public figures and events, so the sitter was likely someone in the news at the time. With no date recorded, the negative is best read as a trace of that agency's everyday commercial work.
| 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 | 3,296 × 4,803 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24981 |
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