Army rifle shooting, Olympic games – 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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Step back in time with Army rifle shooting, Olympic games, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Army rifle shooting, Olympic games
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The record links this glass negative to a military rifle competition at the Olympic Games, though it gives no date or venue, and the title comes from caption data the Bain News Service wrote that has not been independently verified. Military rifle events were a regular part of the early modern Olympics, and many competitors were soldiers representing their national armies, reflecting a period when marksmanship was valued as a core military skill. The Bain News Service, which worked in New York from about 1900 into the 1920s, sent photographers to cover current events, so pictures like this show how sporting contests and military training were presented to the public at the time.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,200 × 3,851 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11928 |
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