J.F. Hylan – 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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This rare historic photograph captures J.F. Hylan in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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J.F. Hylan
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The sitter here is John Francis Hylan, whom the record identifies as "J.F. Hylan." He served as mayor of New York City from 1918 to 1925, a stretch that included postwar labor unrest and the city's rapid growth in transit and public works. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of public figures and events, made many portraits of officeholders like him. This negative has no firm date, and its title comes from caption data the agency recorded, which has not been independently verified, so the exact occasion is unknown. Its small glass format is typical of the agency's working files from 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,753 × 4,159 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26392 |
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