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Runners at start of Brooklyn Marathon, New York – Historic Reproduction

Runners at start of Brooklyn Marathon, New York, 2/12/09. — historic photograph
Runners at start of Brooklyn Marathon, New York, 2/12/09.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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: Runners at start of Brooklyn Marathon, New York, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Runners at start of Brooklyn Marathon, New York

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Runners gathered at the start line are the subject here, a scene from the moment before a Brooklyn marathon got underway. The record dates it to 2/12/09, and the title comes from caption data the Bain News Service wrote on its negatives, which the Library of Congress notes has not been verified. Bain's agency supplied news photographs to newspapers, so pictures like this circulated widely, and the large glass plate holds fine detail in the figures and clothing.

Created / published2/12/09.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan5,823 × 4,285 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-4389

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