Beach – 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
Step back in time with Beach, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Beach
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The only identifying detail here is the title "Beach," which comes from caption cards written by the Bain News Service and has not been independently verified, so the exact shore or town remains unknown. The negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news and feature pictures assembled by a New York photo service that operated roughly from the early 1900s into the 1920s. The date is not recorded, but Bain's glass plates typically captured everyday subjects that editors could sell to newspapers, so this seaside view offers a glimpse of how coastal outings were pictured in that era.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,859 × 3,296 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26094 |
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