Jeff Davis – 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 historic photograph of Jeff Davis brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Jeff Davis
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Captioned simply "Jeff Davis," this glass negative most likely refers to Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, though the record flags the title as unverified. The Bain News Service, founded in New York by George Grantham Bain around 1901, supplied news photographs to newspapers, and its negatives often reproduced earlier portraits or documents for publication. Because Davis died in 1889, before the agency's work began, a Bain negative with his name may be a copy of an older image. Viewers should treat the identification as a starting point for further research rather than settled fact.
| 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 | 4,210 × 5,823 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19340 |
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