A.P. Gardner, J.E. Purdy, Boston / J.E. Purdy – Vintage 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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Step back in time with A.P. Gardner, J.E. Purdy, Boston / J.E. Purdy, 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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A.P. Gardner, J.E. Purdy, Boston / J.E. Purdy
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Two names, A.P. Gardner and J.E. Purdy, give this 1901 negative its title, but the record flags that the caption data is unverified, so who they were and what brought them before the camera in Boston is not settled. The Bain News Service, a New York agency, supplied news pictures to newspapers, and its glass negatives document the working side of that trade. Small glass plates like this one were the raw material of press photography, and they show how pictures moved from the photographer's studio to the printed page.
| Created / published | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,210 × 5,748 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-6039 |
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