Manicuring elephants, Central Park – Vintage 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.)
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A window into the past: Manicuring elephants, Central Park, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Manicuring elephants, Central Park
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A keeper appears to be tending an elephant's feet in this scene, a task that looks almost comical today. The Central Park Menagerie, which kept animals in the park for decades, drew New Yorkers eager to see exotic creatures up close. The title comes from caption data supplied by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency of the early twentieth century, and it has not been independently verified. The glass plate preserves fine detail in the animal's skin and the handler's posture.
| 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 | 5,723 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9387 |
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