Tramps on train tracks – 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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A window into the past: Tramps on train tracks, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Men walking along railroad tracks give this negative its subject, and the Bain News Service caption calls them tramps. That label comes from unverified data on the negative or caption card, so the scene may be posed rather than candid. George Grantham Bain's agency supplied newspapers with photographs of current events and everyday city and country life, and in the early twentieth century, many unemployed men rode freight trains and walked rail lines between jobs, which made tracks a common setting for such travelers. The record gives no date, so the exact year of the picture is uncertain.
| 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 | 3,000 × 4,107 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1647 |
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