Police Xmas tree -- distributing gifts – 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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Police Xmas tree -- distributing gifts 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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Police Xmas tree -- distributing gifts
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A police Christmas tree, with the gifts being handed out, is the subject of this glass negative from the Bain News Service. The agency, founded in New York by George Grantham Bain, sent photographers to record news events and street life in the early twentieth century, and its negatives are now held by the Library of Congress. Police departments in American cities often ran holiday programs in which officers gave toys to needy children, and this image records that kind of civic charity. The record gives no date, and the title comes from data the agency supplied and has not been verified, so the exact year and location remain uncertain.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,847 × 3,327 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24701 |
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