Winter Bathers, N.Y. – 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Winter Bathers, N.Y., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Winter Bathers, N.Y.
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The title places these figures as winter bathers in New York, though the record notes that it comes from unverified caption data, so the exact beach or date remains uncertain. Cold-water bathing drew crowds to New York's shorelines and clubs in the early twentieth century, when swimming in cold seasons was often a deliberate display of hardiness. The image survives as a glass negative from the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency whose wire photographs document the city's daily life in that era. The glass plate itself is worth noticing, since its fragility and fine detail show the working methods of news photography before film became standard.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,773 × 4,223 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12357 |
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