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Xmas boxes for U.S. soldiers – Vintage Print

Xmas boxes for U.S. soldiers, n/a — historic photograph
Xmas boxes for U.S. soldiers, n/a. Historic photograph from the Christmas collection.

(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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Step back in time with Xmas boxes for U.S. soldiers, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Small parcels of tobacco, candy, writing paper, and other comforts were often packed for American servicemen at Christmas, and this glass negative records one such effort. The record gives no date, but the George Grantham Bain Collection holds news photographs from roughly 1900 to the 1920s, a period that included the First World War, when charitable groups and civilians sent gift boxes overseas. The title comes from caption information the Bain News Service recorded, which the Library of Congress notes has not been independently verified. Glass negatives like this one were the standard working medium for press photographers of the time, so the image also shows how news pictures were made before film became common.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan7,169 × 5,130 px · prints to 24 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-27293

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