Recruits, Aldershot – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Recruits, Aldershot. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Recruits, Aldershot
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Aldershot, the Hampshire town long called the home of the British Army, is the place named in this picture's title, which the Bain News Service recorded from its caption card without a verified date. The agency, a New York photo-news business that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early 1900s, produced a large body of glass negatives like this one. Aldershot's garrison trained a steady stream of new soldiers, so the scene likely reflects the everyday routine of enlistment and drill. Because the record gives no date, the exact moment remains uncertain.
| 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 | 5,660 × 4,116 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19760 |
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