Launch of WAINWRIGHT – 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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Step back in time with Launch of WAINWRIGHT, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Launch of WAINWRIGHT
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The title points to the launch of a vessel named WAINWRIGHT, a christening that drew crowds and press photographers in the early twentieth century, when shipyard launches were common news. The record does not give a date or location, and the title comes from caption information the Bain News Service recorded on its negatives or caption cards, which the Library of Congress has not verified. The Bain service supplied newspapers with fast-turnaround news photographs, and its glass negatives capture the crowds, dignitaries and ceremony typical of such events. Because the glass plate is small, the image's detail depends on the original negative's sharpness.
| 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 | 4,153 × 5,753 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-20516 |
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