Wreckage of new library building, Indianapolis – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Wreckage of new library building, Indianapolis, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Wreckage of new library building, Indianapolis
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The record offers little beyond its title: wreckage at the site of a new library building in Indianapolis, captured on a glass negative. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of current events in the early twentieth century, made the negative, and its caption cards were often written quickly for the news desk. The title comes from those unverified notes, so the exact event and date remain uncertain. Pictures like this one show how a city's building projects could become news when something went wrong on site.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,829 × 4,228 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10401 |
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