Louis Libby – 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 Louis Libby in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Louis Libby
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This negative is catalogued under the name Louis Libby, a title taken from caption cards that the Bain News Service wrote out itself, and the record does not confirm who the man was or when the picture was taken. The Bain agency, founded in New York by George Grantham Bain in the early 1900s, sold news photographs to newspapers, so its portraits were usually made to be printed and captioned quickly. Its glass plates, often no larger than 5 by 7 inches, record the look of that working press photography, and the sharpness and tonal range of a glass negative are worth noticing in any print made from one.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,272 × 5,873 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-14680 |
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