Adm. W.S. Benson – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Adm. W.S. Benson. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Adm. W.S. Benson
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Admiral William S. Benson, the first person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations, is the subject of this glass negative from the Bain News Service, the New York agency whose pictures of public figures ran in newspapers across the country in the early twentieth century. Benson held the post from 1915 to 1919, guiding the Navy through American entry into World War I, including convoy operations and cooperation with the Allied navies. The record gives no date for the exposure, and the library notes that the name comes from caption cards and has not been verified, so the identification rests on the agency's original label.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,266 × 5,866 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26999 |
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