Hotel de Gink -- coffee for breakfast – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Hotel de Gink -- coffee for breakfast in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hotel de Gink -- coffee for breakfast
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The title, "Hotel de Gink," names a place in slang rather than a formal institution, and the record says the title comes from unverified Bain News Service data, so the exact establishment is uncertain. "Gink" was common early-twentieth-century slang for a man, and the caption points to a cheap lodging house where men gathered for a simple breakfast of coffee. Bain News Service, a New York photo agency active from about 1900 to the 1920s, documented city street life, working people, and institutions of the period. Pictures like this one offer a glimpse of how urban poverty and informal shelter looked before the Depression reshaped those scenes.
| 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 | 5,754 × 4,223 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19427 |
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