Solon Borgium – 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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Solon Borgium
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The caption on this glass negative reads "Solon Borgium," most likely a misspelling of the sculptor Solon Borglum (1868-1922), whose name the Bain News Service would have used for a press photograph of him. Borglum, a Danish-born American, was known for his animal sculptures and his Western subjects, and he was the brother of Gutzon Borglum, who later carved Mount Rushmore. Bain News Service, a New York agency, supplied newspapers with photographs of public figures and events in the early twentieth century, and its glass negatives are a valuable record of that period. The date is not recorded, so the catalog does not say exactly when the portrait was made.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,253 × 5,785 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-16162 |
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