W.C. Carl – 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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W.C. Carl comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The caption identifies the sitter only as "W.C. Carl," and the record notes that even this title comes from unverified data on the negative or its caption card, so the subject's identity and the occasion remain uncertain. The image is a glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers with news pictures and portraits in the early twentieth century. Bain's files hold thousands of such portraits, many of people whose names appear only in brief captions. Glass plates of this size were the standard working medium of the period, and their survival is what allows researchers to study the agency's output today.
| 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 | 4,909 × 3,390 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26985 |
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