Jesse S. Cottrell – 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.)
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This historic photograph of Jesse S. Cottrell brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Jesse S. Cottrell
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The record gives only a name, Jesse S. Cottrell, and that name comes from caption cards that the Library of Congress describes as unverified, so the sitter's role and the date are unknown. The picture is a single glass negative, no larger than 5 by 7 inches, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Bain News Service, the New York photo agency that Bain started around the turn of the twentieth century, sold news pictures of people and events to newspapers, and its glass plates form one of the largest early photojournalism archives in the United States. Glass negatives like this one were the standard working medium of the agency's era, and they preserve a sharp, detailed image of how newsworthy people were photographed before film became common.
| 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 | 3,709 × 5,059 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-38214 |
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