Seeing Piano off – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Seeing Piano off, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Seeing Piano off
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The title, *Seeing Piano off*, points to a departure or send-off, but the record does not say who Piano was or where the scene took place, and the wording comes from unverified notes the Bain News Service wrote on the negative or its caption card. George Grantham Bain started the agency in New York around 1899, and it supplied newspapers with news pictures for about two decades. Its glass negatives, often made for quick deadline use, give the collection its sharp detail and documentary character. Treat the identification as provisional, but the image still shows how press photographers recorded public occasions of everyday life.
| 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 | 7,534 × 5,096 px · prints to 25 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-35580 |
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