F. Townsend Martin – Vintage 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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This historic photograph of F. Townsend Martin brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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F. Townsend Martin
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The glass negative names F. Townsend Martin, though the title comes from caption data the Bain News Service wrote on the plate or its card, and that information has not been independently verified. The Bain News Service worked mainly in New York and Washington from about 1900 into the 1920s, photographing politicians, socialites, athletes and visiting dignitaries for newspapers that needed pictures quickly. Portraits from that trade were often made on small glass plates like this one, which could be printed fast and stored in large numbers. Treat the identification as provisional, but the plate still shows how the agency documented prominent men during its busiest years.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,248 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12265 |
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