Ruth Draper – 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
This rare historic photograph captures Ruth Draper in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ruth Draper
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Ruth Draper, the American monologist known for her sharp character sketches performed alone on stage, is the subject of this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that operated from the early 1900s into the 1920s, supplied news and celebrity pictures to newspapers, and its glass plates were often captioned on the negative sleeve or a card rather than dated precisely. The record gives no firm date, so the image is best understood as a portrait of a performer whose one-woman shows drew wide attention in that era. Draper's ability to play many characters with only a few props made her a striking figure for press photographers to capture.
| 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 | 2,946 × 4,302 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36546 |
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