Sec'y Houston – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Sec'y Houston in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sec'y Houston
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The caption "Sec'y Houston" is a short news-style title, and the Bain News Service, which supplied it, did not always verify its identifications. Its abbreviation points to a government or corporate secretary named Houston rather than to the city of Houston, despite this picture's place on the gallery's Houston board. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made for a press photo agency that sent pictures of officials, events and everyday news to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Viewers should treat the identity and date as provisional until a cataloger confirms them.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,767 × 4,210 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12662 |
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