W.J. Bryan, portrait bust – Vintage 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.)
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W.J. Bryan, portrait bust
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William Jennings Bryan was among the most frequently photographed politicians of his era, and this glass negative records him in a bust portrait. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency that supplied images to newspapers, is the source of the title, though that attribution comes from its negatives and caption cards and has not been independently verified. Bryan ran for president three times as a Democrat, served as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson, and later became a central figure in the 1925 Scopes trial. Glass plates like this one were a common medium for news photographers of the period, valued for the sharp detail they could capture.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,335 × 5,966 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-2190 |
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