John Strachan – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: John Strachan, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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John Strachan
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The only name attached to this glass negative is "John Strachan," a title the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or its caption card, and the Library of Congress notes that the identification has not been verified. Bain, a New York photo agency that operated in the early twentieth century, sold news pictures and portraits to newspapers and magazines, so its negatives often captured public figures and current events of the day. Glass plates of this kind were prized for their sharp detail, and the collection as a whole offers a useful window into how press photography was made and distributed before the rise of the halftone-era picture desk. Without a date, the exact moment is uncertain, but the format places it within the agency's working years.
| 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 | 5,760 × 4,159 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26754 |
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