Ralph D. Cole – 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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Ralph D. Cole in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ralph D. Cole
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Ralph D. Cole is a name written on this glass negative, and the title comes from caption cards or the negatives themselves, which the Library of Congress notes are unverified, so the identity of the sitter or subject remains uncertain. The image belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers and magazines with news pictures in the early 1900s. Glass plates like this one were the standard medium for press photography of that era, before film became common. The record gives no date, but the batch numbering and format point to the agency's working years.
| 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 | 5,180 × 7,553 px · prints to 17 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36370 |
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