Officers of Rainbow Div. – 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: Officers of Rainbow Div., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Officers of Rainbow Div.
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Officers of the Rainbow Division, as this negative's caption card identifies them, belong to a unit that drew its men from National Guard regiments in many states, which is the reason for the name. The 42nd Infantry Division was organized in 1917 for service in the First World War, and its mix of state units gave it a reputation for being a national formation rather than a regional one. The Bain News Service, the Manhattan photo agency whose glass negatives make up this collection, worked during these years and sold pictures of military figures to newspapers. The record gives no firm date or names for the men shown, so the identification rests on the caption, which the Library of Congress lists 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 | 5,704 × 4,116 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29886 |
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