Kid Williams, Balto – Antique 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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Kid Williams, Balto comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This glass negative from the Bain News Service carries the title "Kid Williams, Balto," which points to the boxer known as Kid Williams and, most likely, to Baltimore, where he fought. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified notes on the negative or its caption card, so the exact occasion is uncertain. Bain's agency worked mainly in the 1910s and early 1920s, when prizefighting drew large crowds and newspapers relied on quick photographs of athletes. Sports portraits like this one give a sense of how boxers were presented to the public in that period.
| 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 | 4,254 × 5,823 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17468 |
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