Actors parade – Antique 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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This historic photograph of Actors parade brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Actors parade
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Few details survive for this view beyond its title, which the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or its caption card and which has not been independently verified. The picture belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made by a New York agency in the early 1900s, when street parades were a common way for groups, including performers, to draw public attention to a cause or a show. Glass negatives like this one hold fine detail and a wide tonal range that later film could not always match, which makes the image useful for studying costume and crowd texture. Its exact date and location are not recorded.
| 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 | 4,841 × 3,278 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30483 |
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