Le Gallienne – 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: Le Gallienne, 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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Le Gallienne
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The record for this glass negative gives only the surname Le Gallienne, and the title is flagged as unverified. It most likely refers to the stage actress Eva Le Gallienne, who became a prominent figure on the New York stage in the 1920s, though the name could also point to her father, the writer Richard Le Gallienne. Bain News Service, the New York photo agency run by George Grantham Bain, produced press pictures of theater people, public figures and news events, and its glass negatives were typically made for quick newspaper reproduction. The record gives no date, so the picture is best understood within the collection's overall span, roughly the 1900s through the 1920s.
| 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 | 7,496 × 5,396 px · prints to 25 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33780 |
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