British mission – Antique 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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This historic photograph of British mission brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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British mission
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The record gives only the title "British mission" and no date, so the exact occasion, people, and place remain unidentified. The title comes from unverified notes written by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that George Grantham Bain founded in 1899 to supply pictures of news events to newspapers. Its glass negatives, many of them from the 1910s, often record diplomatic visits, public ceremonies, and wartime activity. This plate is a 5 by 7 inch or smaller glass negative, a format that gave sharp detail and was common for press work of that era.
| 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 | 5,735 × 4,154 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30793 |
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