Greeks boarding MADONNA – 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
Step back in time with Greeks boarding MADONNA, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Greeks boarding MADONNA
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The title sets this glass negative apart: it describes Greeks boarding a ship called the Madonna. The record gives no date or exact location, and the title comes from caption information the Bain News Service supplied that has not been verified, so the ship and passengers should be checked against other sources. The picture fits the large movement of Greek men and families crossing the Atlantic in the early twentieth century, many bound for work in American cities. Bain News Service, a New York photo agency active from about 1899 into the 1930s, sold pictures like this to newspapers, and its glass negatives are a valuable record of that period.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,753 × 4,241 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11962 |
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