7th Ave. cave-in – 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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This historic photograph of 7th Ave. cave-in brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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7th Ave. cave-in
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A cave-in on Seventh Avenue, the street named in this picture's title, would have drawn onlookers and reporters, and the title suggests this image records one. It is a glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of the Bain News Service, a photo agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The date is not recorded, and the title comes from caption information that has not been verified, so the exact location and event remain open. Glass negatives like this one hold fine detail, which makes them useful for seeing how city streets and street work looked in that era.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,934 × 3,384 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21213 |
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