L.A. bather – Antique 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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L.A. bather comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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L.A. bather
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A glass negative titled "L.A. bather" places this picture in Los Angeles, though the title comes from unverified notes written by the Bain News Service, so the subject and setting should be read with some caution. The Bain collection holds news and feature photographs gathered by a New York agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Because the record gives no date, the image is best understood within that period, when beach and bathing scenes were popular subjects for both newspapers and illustrated features. The small 5 x 7 inch glass format was standard for the agency's work 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,191 × 5,754 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30155 |
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