Thanksgiving Maskers – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Thanksgiving Maskers, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Thanksgiving Maskers
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Here we see a group of people in costume, their faces hidden behind masks, posed for the camera as part of a Thanksgiving celebration. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress, a large body of glass negatives made by the Bain News Service, a photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in New York and elsewhere in the early twentieth century. Masquerading was a common part of holiday festivities in that era, and the agency's files were built around news and feature subjects like these. The title comes from caption information the agency wrote on the negatives, which was not independently verified, so the exact occasion and the identities of the maskers remain uncertain.
| 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 | 5,785 × 4,197 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11251 |
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