Roosevelt in the Palatine – 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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Roosevelt in the Palatine 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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Roosevelt in the Palatine
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The caption on this glass negative places Theodore Roosevelt in the Palatine, but the record does not say which Palatine is meant, whether the Illinois village or the German region. The title comes from caption cards written by the Bain News Service, and no date is recorded, so the occasion remains uncertain. The agency photographed national figures and public events in the early twentieth century, and Roosevelt, president from 1901 to 1909, appeared often in its files. The glass plate format gave photographers fine detail, though the fragile base means many such negatives have survived with cracks or emulsion loss.
| 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 | 5,829 × 4,254 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9180 |
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