On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14 – 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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A window into the past: On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14
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The ship in this picture is the *La Lorraine*, a French liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, which carried passengers between France and New York. The photograph is dated August 5, 1914, only days after Germany declared war on France and Britain entered the conflict, a period when transatlantic crossings were disrupted and ships were often photographed amid uncertainty at the dock. The title comes from notes made by the Bain News Service, the New York agency whose glass negatives make up this collection, and those notes are unverified, so the exact scene and vantage point are open to question. The collection's wide range of New York waterfront and news subjects makes it a useful record of that moment.
| Created / published | 8/5/14. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,779 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18014 |
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