Parade of drafted men – 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
A window into the past: Parade of drafted men, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Parade of drafted men
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The men in this Bain News Service negative are drafted recruits, though the record does not give the date or place of their parade. The title comes from caption cards written at the time and has not been independently verified. The subject points to the years after the Selective Service Act of 1917, when conscripted men across the United States were often sent off with public processions. George Grantham Bain, a New York news photographer, supplied scenes like this to newspapers, so the picture works as a quick, working record of the moment rather than a posed portrait.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,859 × 3,308 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26882 |
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