L.D. Mayes – 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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A window into the past: L.D. Mayes, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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L.D. Mayes
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The only identifying detail this glass negative carries is the name L.D. Mayes, taken from caption cards that the Bain News Service attached to its plates, though the record notes that the attribution has not been verified. Founded in New York in 1899 by George Grantham Bain, the agency supplied newspapers with photographs of news events, public figures, and everyday scenes, and its plates were usually made on glass, which held fine detail at small sizes like this one. Because the record gives no date, the image is best placed in the agency's working years in the early twentieth century, when glass negatives were the standard medium.
| 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 | 3,315 × 4,809 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25198 |
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