John Wolcott Adams – 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 rare historic photograph captures John Wolcott Adams in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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John Wolcott Adams
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The record names John Wolcott Adams as the subject, and the title comes from caption data that the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or its card, so the identification has not been independently verified. The image survives as a glass negative no larger than 5 by 7 inches, one of the many portraits the Bain News Service made for newspapers and magazines in New York during the early twentieth century. George Grantham Bain founded the agency to supply news photographs quickly to editors, and its glass plates capture the faces of public figures, officials, and ordinary newsmakers of that era. Looking at the plate today, viewers can learn about the technical side of press photography, when portraits were prepared for rapid reproduction.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,691 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-13544 |
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