Bedroom – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Bedroom in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Bedroom
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The record gives us little more than a title, "Bedroom," and a note that it comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. The Bain News Service was a New York photo agency that operated from roughly 1899 into the early 1930s, selling pictures of news events, people and everyday scenes to newspapers. Its glass negatives, most of them 5 by 7 inches or smaller, were captioned by hand on cards, and many of those captions were added quickly and never checked, so the title here should be read as a label rather than a verified description. A room photograph from this period offers a useful window into domestic interiors of the early twentieth century, though the specific room shown is not identified.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 8,904 × 6,410 px · prints to 30 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33899 |
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