Figurehead ofor the U.S.S. Niagara – 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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Step back in time with Figurehead ofor the U.S.S. Niagara, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Figurehead ofor the U.S.S. Niagara
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This glass negative shows a figurehead carved for the U.S.S. Niagara, the name the Bain News Service wrote on the negative or its caption card. The record dates it to May 24, 1902, but the title is marked as unverified, so the ship's identity should be checked against naval sources before it is relied on. The Niagara was a mid-19th-century steam frigate, and the record does not explain why the carving appears on a board devoted to Niagara Falls. Bain's plates were made for the news trade in the early 1900s, so the picture is best read as a working news record of a naval object.
| Created / published | 5/24/02. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4,122 × 5,872 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4557 |
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