Schipa – 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.)
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Step back in time with Schipa, 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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The only name attached to this glass negative is "Schipa," a title the Bain News Service recorded without verification, so it may refer to the Italian tenor Tito Schipa, who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York during the 1920s. Bain was a commercial photo agency that documented stage performers, politicians and public events for newspapers, and its glass negatives are a major visual record of early twentieth-century America. With no date recorded, the image is best understood through its period, when opera singers were major celebrities and portraits were often made for publicity.
| 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 | 4,166 × 5,722 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31588 |
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