Crowd in front of Convention Hall Baltimore, Md. – Vintage Wall Art
(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
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Crowd in front of Convention Hall Baltimore, Md.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Crowd in front of Convention Hall Baltimore, Md.
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This glass negative shows a crowd gathered in front of the Convention Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, a civic venue that drew large gatherings for public events. George Grantham Bain's news service, based in New York, sold photographs of current events and city life to newspapers in the early twentieth century, so pictures like this one capture the look of street crowds from that era. The record gives no exact date, and the title comes from caption data the agency supplied, so the specific occasion is unconfirmed. Viewers interested in Baltimore's streetscape and crowd dress and behavior of the period will find the image useful for context.
| 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 | 5,753 × 4,273 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-13030 |
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