Firefighters of forest fire, South Dakota – 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
A window into the past: Firefighters of forest fire, South Dakota, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Firefighters of forest fire, South Dakota
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Firefighters battling a forest fire in South Dakota are the subject of this glass negative, though the title comes from caption data that the Bain News Service noted but that has not been verified. George Grantham Bain ran one of the first commercial news picture services in New York, supplying newspapers with photographs in the early decades of the twentieth century, so pictures like this were made to be reproduced quickly. The record gives no date, so the specific fire and year remain uncertain. Forest fires were a recurring concern across the western states in those decades, and crews often fought them with hand tools and little more.
| 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,791 × 4,266 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3527 |
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