Hislop – 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Hislop, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The only identifying detail for this glass negative is the surname "Hislop," a title taken from unverified notes made by the Bain News Service, so the subject and occasion remain uncertain. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, which holds tens of thousands of negatives made by a New York news photography business in the early twentieth century. Glass plates were the standard medium for press photographers of that era, and the collection covers a wide range of public figures, events and everyday city life. Because no date is recorded, the picture is best understood within that broader body of work.
| 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 | 7,525 × 5,143 px · prints to 25 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34090 |
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