Washington Gardener – 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Washington Gardener, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Washington Gardener
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A gardener in Washington, the subject named on this glass negative, belongs to the broad body of working-life pictures that the Bain News Service produced in the early twentieth century. Bain's photographers, operating out of New York, supplied newspapers with images of people and events, and their negatives were often captioned on cards with only a short title. The record gives no date, and the title is unverified, so the exact location and sitter remain uncertain. Still, the glass plate format places the picture in the years before flexible film became standard, and it offers a glimpse of ordinary labor in the city.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,234 × 5,798 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15626 |
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