Feeding wounded at French Hosp. – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Feeding wounded at French Hosp.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Feeding wounded at French Hosp.
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The caption describes a French hospital where wounded men are being fed, a scene that suggests the crowded field care of the First World War, though the record does not date the negative or confirm its location. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made by the Bain News Service, which supplied pictures to newspapers and magazines from about 1900 into the 1920s. The title is unverified and was written by the agency, so it is best read as a working label rather than settled fact. Glass negatives of this kind recorded fine detail, which lets viewers study the people and the setting closely.
| 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 | 5,710 × 4,153 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29994 |
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