Hoffman Isl. – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hoffman Isl.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hoffman Island is a small island in Lower New York Bay, off the Staten Island shore, and this glass negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, which holds news photographs taken in New York in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, so the exact year of the exposure is unknown, but the Bain News Service typically supplied pictures to newspapers of that period. The island served as a quarantine station, where ships and passengers arriving in the harbor could be held and inspected for disease before they reached the city. Glass negatives like this one preserve fine tonal detail, so the picture is worth studying for the textures of the buildings and surroundings.
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,197 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11031 |
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