Mail delivery, Berlin, Mail Carrier – 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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Mail delivery, Berlin, Mail Carrier comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Mail delivery, Berlin, Mail Carrier
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A uniformed Berlin mail carrier making a delivery is the subject of this glass negative, one of the German street scenes that the Bain News Service sent out to American newspapers in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified notes written by the agency, so the exact day and the carrier's identity remain unknown. Postal workers of that era were a familiar part of city life, walking set routes to bring letters and parcels to households and businesses. The glass plate format, typical of the period, shows how news photographers recorded everyday urban work before the wider use of film.
| 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 | 5,723 × 4,148 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-20880 |
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