Kaiser & his horse -- at the front – 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.)
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Kaiser & his horse -- at the front 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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Kaiser & his horse -- at the front
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The title places the Kaiser and his horse "at the front," a phrase that suggests a wartime setting, though the record gives no date and the Bain News Service caption is unverified. The Kaiser is most likely Wilhelm II of Germany, whose public image often featured carefully staged appearances with horses and officers. The Bain News Service, a New York agency, sold news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century, so this glass negative shows how such pictures were made and captioned for quick publication. Viewers should treat the caption as a clue rather than settled fact.
| 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 | 785 × 1,072 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21713 |
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