J.H. Lewis, Moffett, Chicago / Moffett – Historic Print
(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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J.H. Lewis, Moffett, Chicago / Moffett
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The caption on this glass negative pairs the names J.H. Lewis and Moffett with Chicago, but the Library of Congress notes that the title comes from unverified data on the negative or its caption card, so the people or place it names remain uncertain. The plate belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection of Bain News Service negatives, a photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The collection holds tens of thousands of such plates, and their small glass format was standard for news work of that era. Viewers interested in Chicago should treat this image as one fragment of a large, loosely documented body of city pictures.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4,185 × 5,829 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3903 |
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