Thos. E. Wilson – Antique 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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A window into the past: Thos. E. Wilson, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Thos. E. Wilson
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The record gives only the name "Thos. E. Wilson," and the cataloguers note that it comes from unverified caption data, so the sitter's identity is not confirmed. The name is most often linked to Thomas E. Wilson, the Chicago meatpacker who ran Wilson & Company, but nothing in the record ties this glass negative to him. The Bain News Service made thousands of such negatives in New York from about 1900 to the early 1920s, supplying press photographs of public figures, businessmen, and news events. Its glass plates were usually shot for quick newspaper reproduction, so the portrait's original purpose was likely to illustrate a news story.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,347 × 5,879 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-16150 |
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