Cyrus H.K. Curtis – 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: Cyrus H.K. Curtis, 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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Cyrus H.K. Curtis
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Cyrus H.K. Curtis is the sitter in this glass negative, a portrait made for the Bain News Service, the Manhattan photo agency whose files now form the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. Curtis (1850-1933) was a Philadelphia publisher who built the Curtis Publishing Company around the Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies' Home Journal, and he was among the most influential magazine men of his era. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption information the agency recorded on its negatives, which was not always verified, so the exact sitting is uncertain. Bain's glass plates are valued for capturing the faces of prominent Americans in the early twentieth century.
| 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 | 4,197 × 5,710 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30614 |
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