Wharf at Algiers – 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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Wharf at Algiers comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Wharf at Algiers
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Bain News Service caption information gives this view its title, "Wharf at Algiers," though that data has not been verified and the record gives no date. Algiers may refer to the riverfront district across from New Orleans, a working area of cargo and ferry landings, or to the North African city, so the location is worth confirming. The Bain News Service was a New York picture agency that sold news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Its nitrate negatives are fragile and flammable, so this one's survival is worth noting.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Nitrate 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,271 × 3,121 px · prints to 14 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28317 |
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