Kaiser & Burgermeister of Hamburg – 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
This rare historic photograph captures Kaiser & Burgermeister of Hamburg in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Kaiser & Burgermeister of Hamburg
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The caption links this glass negative to a meeting between the German emperor and the mayor of Hamburg, though the Bain News Service's identification of the men is unverified. Wilhelm II ruled Germany from 1888 to 1918 and visited Hamburg often, a port city that kept its own senate and first mayor and was central to Germany's shipping and trade. The Bain News Service, founded by George Grantham Bain in New York, supplied photographs to newspapers, so images like this were made for quick publication. With no date in the record, the plate is best read as a glimpse of official German ceremony before 1918.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,810 × 4,254 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9090 |
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