Tower and power house – 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
A window into the past: Tower and power house, 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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Tower and power house
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A tower and a power house are the subjects named for this glass negative, though that title comes from unverified notes kept by the Bain News Service. The agency was a New York news photography business that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early 1900s, and its staff often recorded architecture, utilities and street scenes that were newsworthy at the time. Glass plates like this one were the standard working medium before flexible film took over, so the image reflects that older technique. Lacking a recorded date or place, the picture is best read as a general record of industrial infrastructure from that era.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 8,875 × 6,447 px · prints to 30 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34554 |
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