Jap. actors: T. Yoshida, K. Fujima, R. Sawa – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Jap. actors: T. Yoshida, K. Fujima, R. Sawa. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Jap. actors: T. Yoshida, K. Fujima, R. Sawa
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Three performers are named in the caption: T. Yoshida, K. Fujima, and R. Sawa, identified as Japanese actors. The names come from the Bain News Service's own notes on the negative or its caption card, which were not checked against other sources, so the identifications should be treated as provisional. The Bain News Service was a New York picture agency that sold news and feature photographs to newspapers and magazines in the early 1900s, and it documented theater people, visiting performers, and public events of that era. Glass negatives like this one preserve fine tonal detail, and the surviving studio work offers a useful window on how Japanese performers were presented to American audiences during those years.
| 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 | 5,692 × 4,129 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31662 |
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