Home on a Barge – 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Home on a Barge. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Home on a Barge
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A home built onto a barge gives this glass negative its particular interest, reflecting a way of life on waterways that was familiar in the early 1900s. It comes from the Bain News Service, the New York press photo agency whose glass plates later passed to the Library of Congress. The title was supplied by the agency and has not been verified, so the exact location and date remain uncertain. The scene is worth studying for how domestic life fit onto a working vessel.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,778 × 4,185 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10601 |
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