Cetinje -- arrival of post – 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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Cetinje -- arrival of post comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cetinje -- arrival of post
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Cetinje, the old royal capital of Montenegro in the mountains of the western Balkans, is the setting here, and the title points to the arrival of the post, a modest event in a town far from the main rail routes of Europe. The picture comes from the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose glass negatives, mostly from the early twentieth century, were sold to newspapers. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified caption data, so the scene is best read as a glimpse of everyday life in a small Balkan capital, where the mail carried news and business from the outside world.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,735 × 4,129 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31075 |
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