Gers. in Lowicz – Historic 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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A window into the past: Gers. in Lowicz, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gers. in Lowicz
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Its title points to Łowicz, a town in central Poland known for its distinctive regional dress and folk traditions, with "Gers." most likely short for Germans. The Bain News Service, which supplied news pictures to American newspapers in the 1910s and 1920s, left only this unverified caption, so the exact scene and date remain uncertain. German forces occupied the town during the First World War, which suggests a wartime subject, though that reading is an inference from the title rather than a confirmed fact.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,709 × 4,141 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-20978 |
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