Von Steuben statue – 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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Von Steuben statue comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This glass negative records a statue of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Prussian-born officer who drilled the Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778. Its title comes from caption data the Bain News Service wrote on the negative, which has not been independently verified, so the statue's exact location is unconfirmed. The Bain News Service was a New York press photography agency active in the early twentieth century, and its pictures of monuments often reflect the civic and patriotic commemorations of that era. Von Steuben's memory was especially prominent among German-American communities, which often sponsored such memorials.
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,179 × 5,779 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10101 |
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