J. Purroy Mitchell – 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 historic photograph of J. Purroy Mitchell brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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J. Purroy Mitchell
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Here the subject is John Purroy Mitchell, the New York City mayor whose name the Bain News Service recorded on this glass negative. Mitchell led the city from 1914 to 1917, a term marked by his push for more efficient municipal government and his break with Tammany Hall. The Bain News Service supplied news pictures to newspapers in this period, so portraits like this one were usually made for quick publication rather than as studio art. The record gives no exact date, but the glass plate itself is a small, fragile example of early newspaper photography.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,204 × 5,741 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17130 |
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