German bridge train – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures German bridge train in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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German bridge train
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The title points to a German military bridge train, a column of wagons carrying pontoons, planking and other equipment so engineers could throw a crossing over a river quickly. The record gives no date and notes that the title comes from unverified Bain News Service caption data, so the exact occasion and location are unknown. The Bain agency, a New York photo service founded around 1899, sent images to newspapers and magazines, mostly in the early twentieth century, when European armies were still moving heavy bridging equipment by horse and wagon. Viewers should treat the subject as a general reference to that period rather than a documented event.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,753 × 4,160 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18801 |
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