Jap. Com'n at Battery – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Jap. Com'n at Battery. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Jap. Com'n at Battery
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Lower Manhattan's Battery, at the southern tip of the island, is the setting here, and the title suggests a Japanese commission visiting the waterfront. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified Bain News Service data, so the exact occasion and the people pictured remain uncertain. Bain News Service, a commercial agency that supplied newspapers and magazines with news photographs in the early twentieth century, often covered official delegations and foreign visitors arriving in New York. The Battery was a common stop for such groups, since its park and harbor views gave photographers a backdrop that read clearly in print.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,890 × 3,359 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40710 |
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