Paul Swan – 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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Paul Swan comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Paul Swan
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A glass negative in the Bain collection is titled "Paul Swan," a name associated with the American dancer who performed interpretive works in loose, Greek-inspired costume and bare feet, a sharp break from the corseted stage style of the early 1900s. The Bain News Service, which supplied newspapers with photographs from New York and elsewhere, made large numbers of such negatives, and the title here comes from the agency's own notes, which the Library of Congress lists as unverified. The record gives no date, so the picture is best placed within the collection's broader run of theatrical and celebrity portraits, made roughly between 1905 and 1925.
| 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 | 3,402 × 4,941 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-27004 |
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