Sgt. Nelson Huron & Samoan Guard – 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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This historic photograph of Sgt. Nelson Huron & Samoan Guard 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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Sgt. Nelson Huron & Samoan Guard
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Sgt. Nelson Huron and a Samoan guard stand together in this glass negative, one of the portraits the Bain News Service produced for its news and press files in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption cards the agency kept with its plates, so the names are unverified. Guard units of this period served in American Samoa, which came under U.S. naval administration around 1900, and their presence there reflected the newly claimed territory's need for local order. The posed, upright stance of the figures suggests a formal portrait meant to present an official face to the camera.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,672 × 5,078 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-39032 |
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