J.W. Shorthill – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures J.W. Shorthill in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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J.W. Shorthill
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The only identification for this glass negative is the name J.W. Shorthill, taken from the negative or its caption card, and the Library of Congress notes that the title has not been verified. The record gives no date, so the sitter's role and the occasion behind the portrait remain unknown. The picture belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Glass plates of this size were a standard medium for press photographers of that period, and the collection is valued for documenting everyday people and public life as well as major events.
| 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 | 4,135 × 5,673 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26386 |
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