Belgian Peasants showing pass to sentries – Vintage 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 rare historic photograph captures Belgian Peasants showing pass to sentries in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Belgian Peasants showing pass to sentries
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Belgian peasants presenting a pass to sentries is the subject of this glass negative, one of many images the George Grantham Bain Collection holds from the Bain News Service. The Bain agency, a New York photo service active in the early twentieth century, distributed pictures of current events to newspapers, and its wartime material often showed civilians and soldiers at checkpoints in occupied or frontline areas of Belgium. The caption is taken from unverified notes on the negative or its caption card, so the exact place and date are uncertain. Still, the scene reflects a common reality of the period: rural residents needed papers to move past armed guards, and the exchange between them is the picture's main point.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,691 × 4,123 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19652 |
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