Galli - Curci and husband – 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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Galli - Curci and husband comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Galli - Curci and husband
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The caption identifies the sitter as Amelita Galli-Curci, the Italian-born coloratura soprano who was one of the most popular recording artists of the 1920s, posed with her husband. The record gives no date, and the Bain News Service's identifications were written on the negatives or caption cards without verification, so the couple and the occasion remain uncertain. Bain's studio produced thousands of glass negatives of public figures for newspaper reproduction, and portraits like this show how celebrity couples were presented to the public in that period. The glass negative itself is worth noting, since its fine tonal range preserves detail in the faces and clothing.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,302 × 4,859 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-27600 |
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