Waldeck Rousseaux (Fr.) ship – Historic Reproduction
(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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Waldeck Rousseaux (Fr.) ship comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Waldeck Rousseaux (Fr.) ship
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The caption names a French warship, the *Waldeck-Rousseau*, though the Bain News Service's own title is recorded as unverified, so the identification deserves some caution. The name honors Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, the French statesman who served as prime minister from 1899 to 1902. Bain's agency in New York supplied news pictures in the early twentieth century, when battleships were prominent symbols of national power. The record gives no date, so the image is best understood through its subject and the naval rivalries of that era.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,829 × 4,235 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12244 |
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