Lambert Murphy – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Lambert Murphy in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lambert Murphy
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The only identifying detail in this record is the name Lambert Murphy, which comes from caption cards and negative labels written by the Bain News Service and is marked as unverified. The image survives as a glass negative no larger than 5 by 7 inches, a format the Bain agency, a New York photo service active in the early twentieth century, used widely for its portraits and news pictures. Because the date is unknown, the sitter's identity and the occasion are best treated as open questions until better documentation turns up.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,409 × 4,940 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25429 |
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