Fr. John J. Kiernan – 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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A window into the past: Fr. John J. Kiernan, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Fr. John J. Kiernan
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A portrait of a clergyman, Fr. John J. Kiernan, is the subject of this glass negative, though the name comes from caption cards that the Bain News Service wrote without independent verification, so the sitter's identity and date remain open. George Grantham Bain founded the New York agency around 1899 to supply newspapers with news and feature pictures, and its glass plates, typically 5 by 7 inches or smaller, were made for quick reproduction in print. The collection now at the Library of Congress preserves a large share of those negatives, and portraits like this one show how the agency documented public figures of the early twentieth century.
| 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 | 5,255 × 7,674 px · prints to 18 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-35970 |
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