Capt. Schmittberger of police escorts suffragettes from City Hall, New York – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Capt. Schmittberger of police escorts suffragettes from City Hall, New York. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Capt. Schmittberger of police escorts suffragettes from City Hall, New York
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Captain Schmittberger, a New York police officer, is shown escorting a group of suffragettes away from City Hall, a detail that places the scene at the seat of city government. The Bain News Service, the press photo agency whose glass negatives make up this collection, usually recorded such events for newspaper use, and the caption data gives the date as October 28, 1908, though that information is unverified. In the years before women won the vote, New York suffragists often gathered at municipal buildings to press officials for their cause, and police were frequently present to keep order at these demonstrations.
| Created / published | 10/28/08. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,766 × 4,253 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3703 |
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