Jewish welfare work – Antique 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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Jewish welfare work 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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Few details survive for this glass negative, which the Bain News Service titled "Jewish welfare work," a label the record itself marks as unverified. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency founded by George Grantham Bain around 1899, sold news pictures to newspapers, and its negatives document the city's events and everyday life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Jewish welfare organizations of that era ran relief, immigrant aid, and social service programs in crowded urban neighborhoods, many staffed by volunteers and supported by community donations. Without a date or caption detail, the picture is best read as a window onto that wider world of charitable work rather than a record of one specific event.
| 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 | 4,897 × 3,302 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29825 |
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