Firemen parading, May 30. – 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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A window into the past: Firemen parading, May 30., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Firemen parading, May 30.
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The caption gives this parade only a date, May 30, so the occasion has to be inferred from the calendar. For much of the early twentieth century, that date was observed as Decoration Day in many American towns, when residents held memorial services and parades, and fire companies often marched alongside veterans and local societies. The Bain News Service, which made this glass negative, was a commercial press photo agency, so the picture was likely meant for newspaper use. The title comes from caption data the agency recorded and has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | May 30. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,791 × 4,235 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11726 |
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