Fletcher, NY – 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 Fletcher, NY, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Fletcher, New York, is the place named on this glass negative, though the record gives no date and notes that the title comes from unverified information on the negative or its caption card. The plate belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York company that supplied news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Because the photographer's identity and the exact occasion are not recorded, the scene is best read as a document of its period: a small community captured on glass, when news photography relied on large, fragile plates that were carefully stored and later catalogued.
| 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 | 3,302 × 4,847 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31516 |
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