Blanche Bates as "The Fighting Hope" – Antique 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.)
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Blanche Bates as "The Fighting Hope"
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Actress Blanche Bates appears here in a portrait tied to a stage role called "The Fighting Hope," a title the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or caption card but that has not been independently verified. Bates was one of the leading American stage performers of the early twentieth century, best known for her work with producer David Belasco, and studio portraits like this were widely circulated to promote productions and shape a performer's public image. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, produced many such images on glass plates, so the exact production should be checked before the title is relied on.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,197 × 5,822 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-2362 |
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