Woman's train – 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
Step back in time with Woman's train, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Labeled simply as a woman's train, this glass negative points to the separate accommodations some railroads set aside for women passengers, a practice that dates to the nineteenth century and drew both praise and criticism. The negative is part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that recorded much of American life and travel in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date or exact location, so the setting remains unconfirmed, but the plate offers a glimpse of how gender shaped everyday rail travel.
| 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 | 3,000 × 2,040 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24189 |
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