Mrs. A.E. Smith – 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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Step back in time with Mrs. A.E. Smith, 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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Mrs. A.E. Smith
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A portrait of a woman identified only as Mrs. A.E. Smith, the name recorded from unverified data on the negative or its caption card, so the sitter's identity remains uncertain. The image survives as a small glass negative, a format that news and portrait studios favored in the early 1900s for its sharp detail and ease of printing. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers and magazines with photographs of people, events and everyday life during the first decades of the twentieth century. The record gives no date, so the picture is best read as a glimpse of that period's portrait practice.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,141 × 5,785 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31718 |
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