Galli - Curci – Historic 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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This rare historic photograph captures Galli - Curci in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Galli - Curci
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The record names the sitter as Galli-Curci, most likely the coloratura soprano Amelita Galli-Curci, though the catalog marks that title as unverified. Born in Milan, she became a major American concert and opera star in the early 1920s through her Metropolitan Opera appearances and a wide following for her phonograph recordings. The negative is part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, the glass-plate archive of the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency that photographed theater, music and public figures. The record gives no date, so the sitting can only be placed within the agency's active years.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,141 × 5,735 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33312 |
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