Kearny coffin on caisson – Historic Reproduction
(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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Kearny coffin on caisson comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Kearny coffin on caisson
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The coffin shown here sits on a caisson, the horse-drawn carriage that was long used to carry the remains of soldiers and officers in military funerals. The record gives the name Kearny but no date, and the title comes from caption information the Bain News Service supplied, which the Library of Congress has not independently verified. The Bain News Service, active in New York and Washington in the early 1900s, sent photographers to cover public events, including funerals of prominent people. Glass negatives like this one preserve fine detail, so the harness, the draped casket, and the crowd around the procession can be studied closely.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,766 × 4,204 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11538 |
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