Engelberg, funeral of French soldier – Vintage 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.)
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Engelberg, funeral of French soldier
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This glass negative records a funeral in Engelberg, a mountain town in central Switzerland that grew up around a Benedictine abbey founded in the 12th century. The title links the scene to a French soldier, though the record notes that the attribution comes from unverified caption information supplied by the Bain News Service, and no date is given. Bain's staff made news pictures for American newspapers in the early 1900s, a period when glass plates were still common for press work. Because the exact occasion is uncertain, the picture is best read as a glimpse of a wartime-era Swiss funeral rather than a fully documented event.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,754 × 4,147 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26690 |
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