Hotel de Gink -- barber – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Hotel de Gink -- barber in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hotel de Gink -- barber
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The record names this picture for a barber at the Hotel de Gink, a detail that places the scene in a hotel setting rather than a standalone shop. The title comes from notes made by the Bain News Service, and the record gives no date, so the exact year is uncertain. Bain's agency photographed American city life from about 1900 into the 1920s, and hotel barbershops of that era were common, often serving guests and nearby residents alike. The glass negative format suggests the image was made for newspaper reproduction, which makes it a useful glimpse of everyday work in that period.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19430 |
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