The Boys in Blue - troops for Boston aboard U.S. Army Transport Kilpatrick – 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: The Boys in Blue - troops for Boston aboard U.S. Army Transport Kilpatrick, 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 Boys in Blue - troops for Boston aboard U.S. Army Transport Kilpatrick
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Soldiers bound for Boston are the subject here, shown aboard the U.S. Army transport Kilpatrick, a government ship used to carry troops and supplies between American ports. The glass negative comes from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold photographs of current events to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The caption, "The Boys in Blue," is a nickname from the Civil War era for Union soldiers, and it was still used loosely for American servicemen at the time. The record notes that the title comes from agency data that has not been independently verified, and the negative is dated 8/13/09.
| Created / published | 8/13/09. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,804 × 4,222 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5372 |
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