Johnston, Brooklyn – Antique Wall Art
(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
This rare historic photograph captures Johnston, Brooklyn in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Johnston, Brooklyn
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The only identifying words on this glass negative are a surname, Johnston, and the borough of Brooklyn, and the Library of Congress notes that even these come from unverified Bain News Service data. The George Grantham Bain Collection consists mainly of news pictures taken in New York and elsewhere in the first two decades of the twentieth century, when Bain's agency sold prints to newspapers and magazines. Brooklyn had been part of New York City since consolidation in 1898, and its streets, waterfront and neighborhoods were busy subjects for photographers of that era. Because the record gives no date or event, the picture is best read as a sample of everyday city life 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,375 × 4,994 px · prints to 11 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-32276 |
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