Reservists at Gare de L'est, Paris – 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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Reservists at Gare de L'est, Paris comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Reservists at Gare de L'est, Paris
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Gare de l'Est, one of Paris's great railway termini in the city's northeast, is the setting named in this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection. The title describes reservists gathered there, which suggests men called up for military service, a common sight at Paris stations in the years before and during the First World War. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that circulated news photographs widely, supplied the caption, though the record notes the title is unverified, and no date is recorded. Viewers should treat the scene as a documentary moment from the station rather than a confirmed event.
| 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 | 5,779 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18210 |
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