Rucker (Bkn) – 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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The title "Rucker (Bkn)" pairs a surname or place name with a Brooklyn abbreviation, which suggests a subject tied to Brooklyn, though the record does not say whether Rucker refers to a person, a building, or a street. The negative is a small glass plate, the format Bain News Service used for much of its work in New York during the early twentieth century. Bain's agency sold news photographs to newspapers and magazines, so pictures like this one captured people and places that were in the day's news or of local interest. Because the title comes from unverified agency captions and no date is recorded, researchers would need to check city directories or newspaper archives to confirm the subject.
| 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 | 5,741 × 4,160 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26764 |
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