May Peterson – 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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This historic photograph of May Peterson brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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May Peterson
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May Peterson was a stage actress whose name appears on this glass negative, one of thousands made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers from the early 1900s into the 1910s. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption information the agency wrote on the negative or its card, which was not always verified. Peterson was a well-known Broadway performer of that era, so the portrait likely reflects the theatrical publicity photography the agency sold widely. Glass plates like this one are valued for their sharp detail and for preserving the look of stage celebrity in that period.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,884 × 3,397 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25410 |
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