Saratoga, 1912 – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Saratoga, 1912 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Saratoga, 1912
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Saratoga in 1912 is recorded only by its title and the Bain News Service caption, so this glass negative is best understood through the collection it came from. George Grantham Bain's agency supplied newspapers across the country with photographs of current events, and its negatives were shot quickly for daily publication rather than for display as art. The record does not say which Saratoga site is shown, though the town, long known for its mineral springs, racetrack and resort hotels, drew many visitors in the early twentieth century. Bain's glass plates, now held by the Library of Congress, remain a useful record of how American places looked in that period.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,735 × 4,160 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12016 |
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