Chambers st. car – 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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Chambers st. car
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The title places this negative on Chambers Street, with a streetcar as its subject, though the record notes that the title comes from unverified caption data and the date is unknown. Bain News Service, the New York agency whose photographers worked in the early 1900s, often recorded city transit, and electric streetcars were then a common sight on busy avenues and crosstown streets. The glass negative format, typical of that period, gives the image sharp detail in the vehicle, its signage, and the street around it. Viewers should treat the exact location and year as provisional.
| 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 | 5,735 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30866 |
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