Sidney Drew & wife – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Sidney Drew & wife. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Sidney Drew & wife
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This glass negative is one of the few Bain News Service portraits that pairs the comic actor Sidney Drew with his wife, which sets it apart from the single-sitter studio portraits on the board. Drew came from a well-known American theatrical family and spent years on the stage before moving into silent film comedy in the 1910s, where he often worked with Gladys Rankin, who was also his wife and a fellow performer. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified caption information, so the sitting should be read as a general portrait from the early film era rather than a documented event. Still, the image is useful for seeing how the couple presented themselves to the press during the period.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,290 × 4,796 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26322 |
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