Dr. W. Grenfell – 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.)
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Dr. W. Grenfell comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Dr. W. Grenfell
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The caption identifies the subject as Dr. W. Grenfell, most likely Wilfred Grenfell, the British medical missionary who spent decades caring for fishing families along the coast of Labrador and northern Newfoundland. The record gives no date, and the name comes from caption cards made by the Bain News Service, a New York press photo agency, without full verification, so the identification is provisional. Grenfell became a well-known figure in North America through lectures and fundraising for his hospitals and nursing stations, and press photographers often recorded such visitors. The small glass negative format typical of the Bain collection is worth noting for anyone studying how news pictures were made in the early twentieth century.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,721 × 5,053 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-37993 |
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