Oliver Wendell Holmes – 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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Oliver Wendell Holmes comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The title names Oliver Wendell Holmes, but the record does not say which Holmes appears, and the notes flag the title as unverified. Because the Bain News Service worked mainly from about 1900 into the early 1920s, the likeliest subject is Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Civil War veteran who sat on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Bain's staff often photographed public figures for newspaper use, so this glass negative most likely records a newsworthy occasion rather than a private portrait.
| 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 | 4,173 × 5,822 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5043 |
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