Opera Claquers – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Opera Claquers. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Opera Claquers
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Paid applause was the work of the claque, a group of hired audience members who clapped, cheered, and sometimes hissed on cue to steer how a performance was received. The practice was best known in 19th-century Parisian opera houses, where claque leaders sold seats and organized their groups. The record gives no date for this glass negative, but it comes from the Bain News Service, the New York press photo agency whose early 1900s pictures covered theater, politics, and daily life.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,853 × 3,290 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21740 |
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