Wilson – 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Wilson, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The only identifying detail for this glass negative is its title, "Wilson," which the Library of Congress notes is unverified and came from data written on the negative or its caption card, so the subject and date remain uncertain. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of current events and notable people in the early twentieth century. Glass negatives of this size were a standard working format of that period, valued for sharp detail, and the collection as a whole offers a useful view of American public life in those years.
| 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 | 4,135 × 5,753 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29408 |
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