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Wm. Green – Vintage Wall Art

Wm. Green, n/a — historic photograph
Wm. Green, n/a. Historic photograph from the Bain News Service collection.

(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: Wm. Green, 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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The only identifying detail this glass negative offers is its title, "Wm. Green," a name taken from the caption cards or negative labels and marked in the record as unverified. The Bain News Service, founded in New York by George Grantham Bain around the turn of the twentieth century, supplied newspapers and magazines with pictures of current events, public figures, and everyday scenes, and its glass negatives were valued for their sharp detail. Without a date or further caption, the sitter's identity and the occasion remain open, so the name should be treated as a lead rather than a confirmed fact.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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 six loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan4,166 × 5,760 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-30890

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