Mrs. S.S. Sands – Vintage 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
Step back in time with Mrs. S.S. Sands, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mrs. S.S. Sands
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The only name attached to this glass negative is Mrs. S.S. Sands, and that title comes from caption cards the Bain News Service wrote itself, so it has not been checked against other sources. George Grantham Bain started the agency in New York in 1899 to sell news photographs to newspapers, and over the next two decades it built a large store of portraits, events and street scenes. Small glass plates like this one, holding a single sitter, were a common working format of the period. The record gives no date, so the sitting can only be placed loosely within the agency's active years.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,260 × 5,847 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-14790 |
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