Candy seller. Norway Railroad Station – 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Candy seller. Norway Railroad Station. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Candy seller. Norway Railroad Station
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A candy seller at the Norway Railroad Station is the focus here, a small commercial scene typical of busy depot platforms, where vendors sold sweets and snacks to travelers waiting for trains. The negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the body of work assembled by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title came from caption cards and negative data that the agency recorded and that have not been independently verified, so the exact town and date remain uncertain. The nitrate base was common in that era but chemically unstable, which is one reason such negatives required careful handling and storage.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Nitrate 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 4,166 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28319 |
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