YMCA hut – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures YMCA hut in remarkable 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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YMCA hut
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Little is recorded about this glass negative beyond its title, a YMCA hut, and an attribution to the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that sold news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. YMCA huts were simple wooden or canvas buildings the Young Men's Christian Association set up near military camps and behind the lines during World War I, where soldiers could write letters, read, and get a hot drink. Because the title comes from the agency's own notes and has not been independently verified, the exact location and date of this view remain open.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,890 × 3,333 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28201 |
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