K.M. Murchinson, W.C. Morrow, W. Poor, P.S.B. Randolph, sitting on porch, with tennis racquets – Vintage Wall Art
(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 K.M. Murchinson, W.C. Morrow, W. Poor, P.S.B. Randolph, sitting on porch, with tennis racquets 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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K.M. Murchinson, W.C. Morrow, W. Poor, P.S.B. Randolph, sitting on porch, with tennis racquets
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Four men, identified in the record as K.M. Murchinson, W.C. Morrow, W. Poor and P.S.B. Randolph, sit together on a porch with tennis racquets, a setting that points to a relaxed gathering built around the sport. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection and was made on a glass negative by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news and feature photographs to newspapers in the early 1900s. The names and title come from caption data the agency recorded and that has not been independently verified, and no date is given. Still, the mix of sporting equipment and an informal porch pose is typical of the lighter feature pictures the service distributed.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,754 × 4,235 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5396 |
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