Rachmaninoff – 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: Rachmaninoff, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Rachmaninoff
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer and pianist, is the subject of this glass negative, which the Library of Congress holds within the George Grantham Bain Collection. The Bain News Service was a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of public figures, performers and current events from the early 1900s through the 1920s, so this portrait belongs to that busy commercial trade. Rachmaninoff was among the most celebrated pianists of his day, touring the United States widely after he settled here in 1918. The record gives no firm date, and the title itself is unverified, so the sitter's identity is best taken as the agency's own label.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,072 × 5,729 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31370 |
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