John W. Davis – 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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Step back in time with John W. Davis, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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John W. Davis
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The name attached to this negative is John W. Davis, the West Virginia lawyer who later served as solicitor general and ambassador to Britain before his 1924 Democratic presidential nomination. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, built from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The record gives the name from caption data that has not been verified and lists no date, so the exact sitting is unknown, but the negative reflects the agency's steady supply of portraits of public figures.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,697 × 5,034 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-38543 |
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