Christmas Card Vendor, New York – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Christmas Card Vendor, New York in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Christmas Card Vendor, New York
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A street vendor selling Christmas cards in New York is the subject of this glass negative, a small record of the holiday trade on city sidewalks. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of the Bain News Service, a press photography agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title comes from caption data the agency recorded, which has not been independently verified, so the details of the scene are worth reading with that in mind. The plate's small glass format reflects the photographic methods of the period.
| Medium | negative, glass, 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
|---|---|
| Notes | Bain News Service, publisher |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 1,967 × 1,422 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4279 |
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