Going to Yaphank – 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.)
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Going to Yaphank 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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The title points to Yaphank, a hamlet on Long Island where the Army built Camp Upton in 1917 to train draftees for the First World War. Photographs of troops heading to such camps were a staple of news photography in those years, and the Bain News Service, a New York agency, sold its images to newspapers across the country. The record does not date this glass negative, so the exact moment is uncertain, but the camp's wartime role gives the scene context. Camp Upton later became known for Irving Berlin's soldier revue, *Yip Yip Yaphank*, staged there in 1918.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,353 × 4,896 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26738 |
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