Hall of Americas – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Hall of Americas in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hall of Americas
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The title "Hall of Americas" points to a room devoted to the nations of North, Central, and South America, though the record does not say where it stood or when the picture was taken. The Bain News Service, which made this glass negative, was a Manhattan wire-photo agency that covered Washington and New York events from the 1900s into the 1920s, so the image likely records a public or official interior from that stretch. Hall-style exhibition spaces of this kind were common in government and civic buildings of the period, often used for receptions, displays, and meetings with foreign delegations. Because the title comes from unverified agency notes, readers should treat the identification as a starting point for further 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 8,913 × 6,372 px · prints to 30 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34150 |
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