Napoleon – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Napoleon, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Few details survive for this glass negative beyond its title, Napoleon, which the Bain News Service recorded from caption cards and which the Library of Congress marks as unverified. The name may point to the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, though it could equally belong to a person photographed by the New York agency, which supplied news pictures to newspapers from the early 1900s. Bain's plates were typically 5 by 7 inches or smaller and made for quick reproduction, so the identification is best treated as a starting point rather than settled fact.
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,203 × 5,835 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-6671 |
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