Fire, E. 13th St., 1916 – 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 historic photograph of Fire, E. 13th St., 1916 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fire, E. 13th St., 1916
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A 1916 fire on East 13th Street is the event this glass negative records, though the building and cause go unrecorded here. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news pictures to newspapers, made the image, and its collection is now held by the Library of Congress. Fires on crowded city blocks drew photographers and crowds alike, so pictures like this document how urban fire response looked in the period. The title comes from the agency's own notes and has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,703 × 4,179 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-23649 |
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