Wm. E. Lee – 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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This historic photograph of Wm. E. Lee brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wm. E. Lee
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The title names a man, "Wm. E. Lee," but the record is unverified and gives no date, so his identity and the occasion of the portrait remain uncertain. The picture survives as a glass negative, a fragile format that photographers used widely until flexible film replaced it in the early twentieth century. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by a New York agency that sold news photographs to newspapers in the early 1900s. Its pictures record the people, streets and events that filled those papers, so this portrait offers a window onto the working press of that era.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,166 × 5,785 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17801 |
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