Capt. John Weller – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Capt. John Weller in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Capt. John Weller
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The only identifying detail for this negative is the name Capt. John Weller, and that title comes from caption cards and data supplied by the Bain News Service, so it has not been independently verified. The plate belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of a New York news photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century. Glass plates like this one were the standard for press and portrait work before flexible film replaced them, and their fine detail is a large part of why the collection remains valuable to researchers. With no recorded date or further description, the occasion and the sitter's role are best confirmed through the Library of Congress catalog record and related Bain holdings.
| 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 | 4,147 × 5,785 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10600 |
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