Georges Carpentier – Historic Reproduction
(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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Georges Carpentier comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Georges Carpentier
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Georges Carpentier was a French boxer who held the light heavyweight world title in the early 1920s and became one of the best-known athletes in Europe and America of his day. This glass negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the body of pictures made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers with images of current events, celebrities and sports from the early 1900s onward. The record gives no date, and its title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact occasion is unclear. Still, the Bain archive is valued for capturing the faces and public life of the period, and a portrait of a figure like Carpentier offers a useful window into how sports stars were pictured for the press.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,116 × 5,716 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40832 |
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