Farrar – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Farrar, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Farrar
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The only identifying detail in the record is the surname Farrar, which the Bain News Service noted on the negative or its caption card, and the catalog flags the title as unverified. The name may refer to Geraldine Farrar, the Metropolitan Opera soprano who became a popular film star in the 1910s, but the record does not confirm that. George Grantham Bain's agency operated in New York and supplied newspapers with pictures of theater, society and public figures, so this glass negative is best read as a working press image of its era. Its small format, five by seven inches or smaller, reflects the plates press photographers commonly used.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 6,475 × 8,913 px · prints to 22 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34928 |
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