Sedan Day, Berlin – 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 Sedan Day, Berlin 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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Sedan Day, Berlin
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Sedan Day, the German commemoration of the French defeat at Sedan on September 2, 1870, is the subject named in this glass negative's title, which the record notes is unverified. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency, collected and distributed images like this one, so the negative likely reached American newspapers as a news picture of German public life. Sedan Day was a patriotic holiday that drew crowds and official ceremony in German cities, and it was worth noticing how the state used such occasions to build national identity. Because the record gives no date, the exact year and event are unconfirmed.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,773 × 4,191 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18562 |
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