Biggest 4 Shriners at R. (end to end they are 25 ft. 1 in.) – 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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Biggest 4 Shriners at R. (end to end they are 25 ft. 1 in.) comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Biggest 4 Shriners at R. (end to end they are 25 ft. 1 in.)
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The record describes a line of four unusually tall or large Shriners, measured end to end at 25 feet 1 inch, so the picture's point is the novelty of the combined length rather than any single man. The Shriners, a fraternal order founded in New York in the 1870s, were known for public parades, stunts, and playful spectacles, and photographers often recorded their gatherings as lighthearted news. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early 1900s. The title is noted as unverified and the location, shown only as "R.," and the date are not recorded, so the exact occasion remains uncertain.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,735 × 4,254 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11046 |
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