Birmingham – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Birmingham, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Little is recorded about this negative beyond its title, "Birmingham," which the Bain News Service noted on its caption cards without verification, so the city it shows could be any of several places with that name. The George Grantham Bain Collection came from a New York news photo agency that sent pictures of current events, people and places to newspapers. Its glass negatives, made in the early twentieth century before flexible film became standard, are valued for documenting that period's cities, streets and public life. Viewers should treat the title as a starting point and look closely at the image for clues to its location.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,210 × 5,785 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40616 |
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