Sir Philip Sassoon – Vintage 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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Sir Philip Sassoon comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sir Philip Sassoon
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Sir Philip Sassoon, the British baronet and Conservative politician, is the named subject here, though the record notes that the identification comes from unverified caption data. Sassoon sat in Parliament from 1912 and later served as Under-Secretary of State for Air, a role that tied him closely to Britain's growing aviation interests. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century, produced pictures like this for quick public use. Its glass negatives, now held by the Library of Congress, preserve the working method of that era.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,480 × 7,439 px · prints to 18 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33535 |
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