Hope Hampton – 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 Hope Hampton in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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George Grantham Bain's news service made this glass negative, and its record names the sitter as Hope Hampton, though the Library of Congress notes that the title comes from unverified data written on the negative or its caption card. Hampton was a stage and silent-film actress who rose to fame in the 1910s and 1920s, and Bain's staff photographed many performers of that era for newspapers and magazines that wanted quick, recognizable portraits of celebrities. Glass plates like this one were the standard working medium for press photographers of the period, so the image also reflects the technical habits of early news photography.
| 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 | 6,372 × 8,838 px · prints to 21 × 29 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33961 |
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