Mrs. Ringling – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Mrs. Ringling comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mrs. Ringling
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The record identifies the sitter only as Mrs. Ringling, a name that calls to mind the family behind the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, though the Library of Congress notes that the title comes from unverified caption data. The picture is a glass negative from the Bain News Service, the New York photo agency that produced and distributed news pictures of public figures in the early twentieth century. Glass plates were widely used in press photography of that period, before film became common, and the negative's format is a reminder of how such pictures were made and circulated. Researchers should confirm the identification against other sources before relying on the name.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,171 × 7,600 px · prints to 17 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36267 |
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