Elias J. Jacoby – Antique 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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This rare historic photograph captures Elias J. Jacoby in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Elias J. Jacoby
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This glass negative records a portrait of a man identified as Elias J. Jacoby, though the Library of Congress notes that the name comes from caption cards and other data supplied by the Bain News Service and has not been independently verified. George Grantham Bain founded the service in New York in the early 1900s to sell news photographs to newspapers, so its pictures were made to be reproduced quickly and often came with brief captions written under deadline. The record gives no date, so the sitter's identity and the occasion of the portrait remain open questions. Viewers interested in the picture's context may find it useful to read the collection's broader catalog, where other Bain negatives help show how the service worked.
| 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 | 4,141 × 5,748 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28153 |
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