Annette Kellerman – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Annette Kellerman. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Annette Kellerman
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Annette Kellerman, the Australian swimmer and vaudeville performer, is the subject of this glass negative, one of many portraits the Bain News Service produced of stage and sporting figures in the early twentieth century. Kellerman became famous for long-distance swimming and for an aquatic act that scandalized audiences in the United States, and she later appeared in films. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, sold images like this one to newspapers, so the negative reflects the press demand for recognizable celebrities of the era. The record offers no date, so the exact year of the exposure is unknown.
| 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 | 4,173 × 5,678 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24440 |
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