Chinese R.R. Station – 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 Chinese R.R. Station 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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Chinese R.R. Station
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The title, "Chinese R.R. Station," points to a railroad depot connected with China or a Chinese community, but the cataloging marks that wording as unverified, so the exact place is uncertain. The negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied images to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Captions on these negatives were often written quickly, so place names and dates are sometimes approximate. Readers interested in this scene may find it useful to compare it with other Bain views of rail travel and immigrant life from the same 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,710 × 4,160 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25095 |
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