Testing Naval Recruits – 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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This historic photograph of Testing Naval Recruits brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Testing Naval Recruits
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Little beyond its title accompanies this glass negative, which the Bain News Service labeled Testing Naval Recruits, so its meaning depends largely on the setting. Bain was a New York press photo agency that sold pictures of current events to newspapers, and its negatives from the 1910s and early 1920s often show institutions expanding quickly. Navy recruiting grew sharply during the First World War, and the physical and aptitude screening of new enlistees was part of bringing large numbers of men into service. The record does not say who was tested or where, but the picture shows how that process was presented to the public at the time.
| 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 | 5,772 × 4,228 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17750 |
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