China in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, 1911 – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of China in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, 1911. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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China in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, 1911
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A Fourth of July parade in New York City sets the scene for this 1911 view, and its title points to a Chinese presence in the procession, though that detail comes from caption data that has not been verified. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Parades of this kind often show how immigrant communities took part in American civic celebrations, and by 1911 Chinese residents were a visible part of city life. The fine detail that glass plates could hold makes street scenes like this one useful for studying crowds and dress of the period.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,754 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10842 |
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