Harrison (w. banjo) – Vintage 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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Harrison (w. banjo) comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Harrison (w. banjo)
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This glass negative shows a man named in the record only as Harrison, posed with a banjo. The title comes from caption information the Bain News Service recorded, and the Library of Congress notes that it has not been verified. George Grantham Bain ran one of New York's early news photo agencies, supplying newspapers with pictures of public figures, performers, and current events in the early decades of the twentieth century. The banjo was a staple of vaudeville, minstrel-derived stage acts, and popular dance bands of that period, so a posed picture of a musician would have been useful to editors looking for entertainment images. Without a firm date or further identification, the sitter's profession and the picture's purpose remain largely inference.
| 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 | 6,531 × 8,895 px · prints to 22 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34803 |
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