W.B. West – 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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This rare historic photograph captures W.B. West in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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W.B. West
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The title gives only a name, W.B. West, and the record notes that it comes from unverified data on the negatives or caption cards, so the subject's identity and the occasion remain unconfirmed. The picture survives as a single glass negative, 5 by 7 inches or smaller, the format Bain News Service photographers often used for portraits and news pictures in the early twentieth century. George Grantham Bain founded the agency in New York around 1899 to supply newspapers with photographs of current events and notable people. Its negatives are a useful record of that period, though a caption this sparse leaves much of the picture's story open.
| 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 | 4,295 × 5,857 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17280 |
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