Lenglen – 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 rare historic photograph captures Lenglen in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The caption title, "Lenglen," most likely refers to Suzanne Lenglen, the French tennis champion who dominated the women's game in the early 1920s and drew large crowds on her visits to the United States. The Bain News Service was a New York press agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of newsworthy people, and celebrated athletes were a steady subject. The picture survives as a glass negative no larger than 5 by 7 inches, a format common in news photography of the period. The identification rests on an unverified title, so it should be treated as provisional.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 8,922 × 6,448 px · prints to 30 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34093 |
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