Crew of SS Grosse Kurfurst – 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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Crew of SS Grosse Kurfurst
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Crew members of the North German Lloyd liner Grosse Kurfürst stand together in this glass negative, one of the Bain News Service pictures from the early 1900s. The Bain agency, a New York photo service that sold news pictures to newspapers, recorded the title from its own caption cards, and the record notes that the identification has not been independently verified, so the men cannot be named from this source. Grosse Kurfürst sailed the transatlantic run between German ports and New York, so the group most likely reflects the working life of a passenger liner's deck and service staff. Ship crews of this era were often photographed for publicity or for port authorities, which makes such portraits useful for studying shipboard uniforms and occupations.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,779 × 4,209 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15790 |
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