S.L. Rothafel – 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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S.L. Rothafel comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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S.L. Rothafel
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Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel is the man named in this glass negative, a showman who ran some of the largest movie palaces in New York during the 1910s and 1920s. The Bain News Service, a photo agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of public figures, made the image, and its caption cards are the source of the name. Rothafel's reputation rested on elaborate stage shows staged alongside silent films, and his picture would have been useful to editors covering the theater world. The record gives no exact date, so the portrait is best read as part of the agency's broad coverage of early twentieth-century American public life.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 2,934 × 4,302 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36677 |
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