Chicago Convention – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Chicago Convention, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This glass negative is titled simply "Chicago Convention," but the record gives no date and notes that the title comes from unverified Bain News Service data, so the specific gathering it shows is uncertain. Chicago hosted several national party conventions in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the city's large halls drew delegates, reporters and crowds to them. The Bain News Service, a wire photo agency active in the 1900s and 1910s, sent photographers to events like these, so the image likely records a scene of delegates, banners or hall crowds. Viewers should check the subject against the surrounding negatives and caption cards before relying on the title.
| 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 | 5,183 × 4,199 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-23160 |
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