Schumann-Heinke – Antique 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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A window into the past: Schumann-Heinke, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Schumann-Heinke
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Named on its caption card as the contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heinke, this glass negative captures a singer who was among the best-known voices of her era. Born in Austria, she performed Wagnerian roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and toured widely as a concert artist. The Bain News Service photographed many performers and public figures for newspaper and wire customers, so portraits like this one show how celebrities were presented to the public in the early twentieth century. The record gives no exact date, and the name rests on caption data the collection itself marks as unverified.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,903 × 3,334 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28940 |
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