Execution of two Arab spies in Tripoli – Historic 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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This rare historic photograph captures Execution of two Arab spies in Tripoli in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Execution of two Arab spies in Tripoli
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The record names two men executed as Arab spies in Tripoli, but the Bain News Service caption information is marked unverified and gives no date, so the particulars rest on little firm ground. The negative comes from George Grantham Bain's New York news photo service, which supplied pictures of current events to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Executions of suspected spies were a recurring wartime subject in that era, and the place name could refer to Tripoli in Libya or Tripoli in Ottoman Syria, so the setting should be read with caution.
| 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 | 5,760 × 4,203 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11226 |
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