Hyppodrome – Antique 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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Hyppodrome comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hyppodrome
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The record gives the subject as "Hyppodrome," a spelling the source itself marks as unverified, and it may refer to the Hippodrome, a name used for large entertainment halls and for open-air racing tracks. The negative was made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers and magazines with pictures of current events, public figures and city life from about 1900 through the 1920s. No date is recorded, so the exact moment is uncertain, but the agency's New York base suggests an early twentieth-century scene of public entertainment or urban activity.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,890 × 3,271 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31020 |
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