Military Show – Antique 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Military Show, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Military Show
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The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that operated from about 1899 to 1932, produced this glass negative as one of thousands of images it sold to newspapers and magazines. The record gives only the title "Military Show," with no date and no verified details about the event, so the exact location, performers and occasion remain unknown. Early military exhibitions of this kind often drew crowds to display drills, equipment and uniforms, and press photographers of the era prized such scenes for their strong composition and visual interest. The George Grantham Bain Collection now at the Library of Congress preserves these glass plates, which are valued today as a record of American news photography in the early twentieth century.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,878 × 3,334 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-22940 |
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