Mrg. Mower & Stew. Walker – 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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This historic photograph of Mrg. Mower & Stew. Walker brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mrg. Mower & Stew. Walker
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The caption names two people, Mrs. Mower and a second person abbreviated as "Stew. Walker," but the record flags that title as unverified, so the identities and the occasion remain open. The record does establish the medium: a single glass plate negative of 5 by 7 inches or smaller, the format that working press photographers relied on in the early twentieth century. The George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress preserves negatives from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied pictures of people and events to newspapers from about 1899 into the 1930s. Plates like this one were made for quick news use, so they offer a direct, unposed view of their time.
| 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 | 4,959 × 3,334 px · prints to 17 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29480 |
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