War exhibit -- machine gun – 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.)
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Step back in time with War exhibit -- machine gun, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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War exhibit -- machine gun
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A glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, this one is catalogued simply as a "War exhibit" showing a machine gun, though the Library of Congress notes that the title comes from caption cards and data supplied by the Bain News Service and has not been independently verified. The Bain News Service was a New York photo agency that distributed news pictures from the early 1900s through the 1910s, so the image likely reflects the wartime displays and military exhibitions that drew crowds and press attention during that period. Its date is unrecorded, so the exact occasion remains uncertain, but the subject fits the public fascination with modern weaponry that the agency's files often captured.
| 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 | 5,723 × 4,128 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-20517 |
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