Long Beach picnicers – 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.)
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Long Beach picnicers
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Picnickers at Long Beach are the subject of this glass negative, though the record does not say which place called Long Beach is meant, and the title comes from caption cards rather than a verified source. George Grantham Bain's news agency in New York supplied photographs of crowds and leisure to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Seaside outings like this became common subjects as trolleys and automobiles carried city families to beaches for weekend picnics. The fine tonal detail typical of glass plates is worth noticing in the sand and the figures.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,308 × 4,866 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26733 |
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