Chicago - Coliseum (exterior) – 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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Chicago - Coliseum (exterior) 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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Chicago - Coliseum (exterior)
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The Chicago Coliseum was one of the largest indoor halls in the city, known for political conventions, boxing matches, and livestock shows. The 1904 Republican National Convention, which nominated Theodore Roosevelt, was held there. This exterior view comes from the Bain News Service, a commercial photo agency whose glass negatives record Chicago and other American cities in the early twentieth century. The record does not give a date, so the exact year the photograph was taken is unknown. The building's large facade and street setting still show how public gatherings of that era were staged in the city.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,767 × 4,203 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11822 |
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