Byron – Historic 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.)
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A window into the past: Byron, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The only identifying detail in this record is the title, "Byron," which was taken from the negative or its caption card and has not been verified. That name could point to the poet Lord Byron, one of several American towns, or another place, so the subject is uncertain. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied photographs of current events and public figures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Its small glass negatives show how press pictures were produced before flexible film became standard.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 7,440 × 5,349 px · prints to 25 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33810 |
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