IOWA U.S.N. – Historic Reproduction
(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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IOWA U.S.N. 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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IOWA U.S.N.
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The title on this glass negative, "IOWA U.S.N.," most likely refers to a United States Navy ship named Iowa, though the record does not date the picture or confirm the vessel. The Bain News Service, the New York picture agency founded by George Grantham Bain, produced many images of naval ships for newspaper use in the early 1900s. Because the title comes from caption data the agency wrote that has not been independently verified, the exact ship and occasion remain open. Negatives of this kind were the working format of news photographers of the period, so details such as rigging, deck fittings and any figures on the dock are worth examining closely.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,816 × 4,248 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11207 |
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