Fire, E. 14th St., 1916 – Historic 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.)
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Fire, E. 14th St., 1916 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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Fire, E. 14th St., 1916
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A fire on East 14th Street in 1916 is recorded on this small glass negative, a format that photographers of the period used for quick, portable work. The title comes from caption cards that the Bain News Service attached to its negatives, so the exact location and date are not independently verified. George Grantham Bain founded the agency to supply newspapers with news photographs, and its pictures of street fires and fire companies show how urban fire response was documented in the early twentieth century. The surviving record does not describe the fire's cause or damage, so the image is best read as a record of a city street and the crews working on it.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,747 × 4,185 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-23648 |
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