Grand Central Station – 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
This rare historic photograph captures Grand Central Station in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Grand Central Station
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A glass negative measuring 8 by 10 inches, titled *Grand Central Station*, is part of the George Grantham Bain Collection. The title came from the Bain News Service, the New York photo agency that George Grantham Bain founded around 1899, but it has not been verified, so the exact station shown is open to question. Glass plates like this one were standard for press and commercial photography before flexible film largely replaced them, and their sharp detail lets viewers study the platforms, signage and crowds. The record gives no date, so the picture is best read as a window onto early twentieth-century rail travel in general.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| 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 | 6,989 × 5,416 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3080 |
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