S. Blackton – 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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The caption on this glass negative gives only the initial and surname "S. Blackton," and the record notes that even this title comes from unverified data on the negative sleeve or caption card. The name may point to J. Stuart Blackton, the British-born film pioneer who co-founded the Vitagraph studio, but the record does not confirm that. The Bain News Service was a New York agency that sold news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century, and it worked mostly with glass plates like this one, which were prized for their sharp detail before roll film became standard.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,377 × 4,947 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28478 |
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