Giannini – 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
Step back in time with Giannini, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The only identifying detail here is the surname Giannini, which the record gives as an unverified title, so the sitter or subject cannot be confirmed from the catalog alone. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the body of work built by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of people and events from about 1900 through the 1920s. Its small format, five by seven inches or smaller, was typical of the agency's working negatives, which were often paired with handwritten caption cards. Treat the name as a lead for further research rather than a settled identification.
| 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 | 2,977 × 4,321 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-37031 |
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