Rio Janeiro - Mrs. T. Roosevelt and Mrs. A. Pederneiras – 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: Rio Janeiro - Mrs. T. Roosevelt and Mrs. A. Pederneiras, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Rio Janeiro - Mrs. T. Roosevelt and Mrs. A. Pederneiras
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Here the caption names two women, Mrs. T. Roosevelt and Mrs. A. Pederneiras, and places them in Rio de Janeiro, then the Brazilian capital. The title comes from the Bain News Service's own notes and has not been verified, and the record gives no date. The Bain agency, a New York photo service active from the early 1900s, supplied news and society pictures to newspapers, so a portrait like this was likely made for quick publication alongside reports on visitors and official events. The Roosevelt name ties the picture to the family of former President Theodore Roosevelt, but the record does not confirm which Roosevelt is shown, so the identifications should be read 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,779 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-16233 |
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