Liberian Commission at boat docks: Sale, Faulkner, and Finch, Sec'y, New York – 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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Liberian Commission at boat docks: Sale, Faulkner, and Finch, Sec'y, New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Liberian Commission at boat docks: Sale, Faulkner, and Finch, Sec'y, New York
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Few of the Bain News Service pictures of New York waterfront arrivals name the people shown as clearly as this one, which lists the commission members Sale, Faulkner, and Finch. The 1909 commission was sent to Liberia amid international concern over the republic's finances and reports of forced labor, and the photograph records a departure point where the delegation boarded for the voyage. Bain's glass negatives from this period document the city's steamship piers as a gateway for official missions and travelers, and the caption's title comes from the news service's own unverified notes.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,729 × 4,222 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4544 |
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