Irving Brokaw -- ice-skating – 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 rare historic photograph captures Irving Brokaw -- ice-skating in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Irving Brokaw -- ice-skating
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This glass negative from the Bain News Service shows Irving Brokaw on the ice, the figure skating that made him a recognizable name in New York society in the early 1900s. Brokaw was a wealthy amateur who skated in the city's fashionable rinks and also worked as a painter. Bain's photographers covered such society figures and sporting events for newspapers, so the picture offers a window onto the leisure culture of the period. The record gives no firm date, and the title comes from the agency's caption cards, which were not always verified.
| 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 | 4,216 × 5,816 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-16895 |
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