Christmas shoppers, window shopping, New York – Historic Reproduction
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Christmas shoppers, window shopping, New York in remarkable 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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Christmas shoppers, window shopping, New York
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Shoppers crowd the sidewalk in front of a New York department store window, pausing to look at the holiday displays. The George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress holds this glass negative, one of thousands made by the Bain News Service, a photo agency that sold pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title comes from caption information the agency wrote on the negative or its card and has not been independently verified, so the exact store and date remain uncertain. Still, the scene captures a familiar holiday ritual, when window displays drew crowds of people browsing before buying gifts.
| 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 | 5,785 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4301 |
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