A family in Northern Mex. – 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: A family in Northern Mex., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few details survive for this glass negative beyond its title, *A family in Northern Mexico*, which the Bain News Service recorded from caption cards whose accuracy has not been verified. The record gives no date, but the agency's working years, roughly 1899 to 1932, overlapped the Mexican Revolution and a period of heavy American press interest in the border region. Bain's photographers recorded everyday people as well as news events, so this quiet family portrait offers a glimpse of ordinary life rather than a headline moment.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,779 × 4,141 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-22601 |
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