Dueller, in uniform, using wax bullets, New York – Vintage 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 Dueller, in uniform, using wax bullets, New York 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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Dueller, in uniform, using wax bullets, New York
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A uniformed man shown dueling with wax bullets, as the caption on this 1909 Bain News Service glass negative describes, reflects a form of staged combat that used harmless projectiles in place of lead. Wax bullets let participants take aim at one another without real danger, so such contests were often demonstrations or practice rather than true affairs of honor. George Grantham Bain's agency sold news photographs to New York newspapers in the early twentieth century, and this negative is one of many it preserved. The title comes from information written on the negative or its caption card and has not been independently verified, so the exact occasion remains uncertain.
| Created / published | 10/23/09. |
|---|---|
| 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,885 × 4,285 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5565 |
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