House of Reps. in Session – Vintage Wall Art
(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 House of Reps. in Session in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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House of Reps. in Session
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The title places this glass negative in the chamber of the House of Representatives, but the record notes that it comes from unverified caption data, so the session and date remain uncertain. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, built from the work of a New York news photography agency that sold pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Views of congressional proceedings were useful to editors covering Washington, and the plate's tones and composition offer a glimpse of how formal the chamber looked at the time.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,810 × 4,222 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-14179 |
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