Arrival OLYMPIC 1911 – Historic Reproduction
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Arrival OLYMPIC 1911 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Arrival OLYMPIC 1911
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The caption names the White Star liner Olympic, which entered transatlantic service in 1911 as one of the largest passenger ships afloat. Its arrivals drew crowds to the piers, and Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news photographs, documented such moments for newspapers. The title comes from the agency's own notes and has not been independently verified, so the scene should be read with that caveat. Still, the glass negative preserves a clear record of the period's ocean travel, when a liner's arrival was a public event.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,747 × 4,191 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10603 |
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