Wm. O'Brien – 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Wm. O'Brien. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Wm. O'Brien
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The caption on this glass negative reads "Wm. O'Brien," a name the Library of Congress notes is unverified and taken from the negative or its caption card, so the sitter's identity and the occasion remain uncertain. The negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that George Grantham Bain founded around 1899 to sell pictures of people and events to newspapers. Its glass negatives record the early twentieth century in a wide range of subjects, from politics and sports to everyday city life. Because the record gives no date, the picture is best understood as a typical example of the agency's work from that era, with its exact context still open to research.
| 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 | 4,160 × 5,729 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26068 |
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