Wilson, Boston – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Wilson, Boston. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wilson, Boston
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The record names only "Wilson" and Boston, and it doesn't say who Wilson was or when the picture was taken. The title is also unverified, taken from the Bain News Service's own negatives or caption cards. The image is a glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of press photographs that George Grantham Bain's agency began producing in New York around 1899. Bain's photographers covered news, public figures and city life through the early twentieth century, so the picture likely belongs to that newsroom tradition. Its small glass plate format is a useful clue to the working methods of press photography before roll film became common.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,302 × 4,860 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31504 |
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