Loading MEADE - League Isl. – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Loading MEADE - League Isl.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Loading MEADE - League Isl.
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The title, which the Bain News Service recorded from unverified caption cards, points to loading work at League Island, the U.S. Navy yard on the Delaware River in South Philadelphia, with "Meade" possibly naming a ship or cargo. The record gives no date, so the exact moment is uncertain. The Bain News Service, a commercial photo agency active in New York from about 1905 into the 1920s, made many such negatives of ports, ships and industrial scenes that were sold to newspapers. Its glass plates are valued today for documenting working life and everyday activity of that era.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,710 × 4,185 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12560 |
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