Francis Byrne – Historic Reproduction
(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
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Francis Byrne. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Francis Byrne
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The only identifying detail for this glass negative is the name "Francis Byrne," which the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or its caption card. The library has not verified that name, so the sitter's identity and role remain uncertain. George Grantham Bain founded the Bain News Service in New York in the early 1900s to supply news photographs to newspapers, and his files preserve a broad record of daily life, public figures, and events of that era. Glass negatives like this one were the standard medium for news work before roll film became common, so the plate itself is a useful document of how such pictures were made and filed.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,073 × 5,697 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31249 |
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