Speaker, Phila - N, Cravath, Boston - A – 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 Speaker, Phila - N, Cravath, Boston - A, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Speaker, Phila - N, Cravath, Boston - A
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The caption on this glass negative pairs a speaker identified with Philadelphia and a Boston reference with the name Cravath, though the record flags these details as unverified. It comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of a New York news photo service that supplied pictures to American newspapers in the early twentieth century. Press photographers of that era often recorded speeches and public gatherings for same-day use, so the scene likely shows a public address, even though the date and the speaker's identity remain unconfirmed.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,397 × 4,997 px · prints to 11 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21309 |
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