War exhibit -- N.Y. field telephone – 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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This rare historic photograph captures War exhibit -- N.Y. field telephone in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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War exhibit -- N.Y. field telephone
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A glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, titled "War exhibit" with a New York field telephone as its named subject, captures a display object rather than a battlefield scene. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency active in the early twentieth century, supplied pictures like this to newspapers and magazines, and its war-era images often documented exhibitions and military equipment shown to the public. Field telephones of the period let officers relay orders by wire from the front or from headquarters, so the device itself was a practical tool of modern warfare. The record gives no date, so the exact occasion remains unconfirmed, but the title points to a wartime display meant to show civilians how communication worked at the front.
| 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 | 4,154 × 5,704 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-20524 |
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