Taft, Brookline – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Taft, Brookline in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Taft, Brookline
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The caption names William Howard Taft and the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, but the Bain News Service that produced this glass negative recorded its titles from captions and cards that were not always checked, so the location and sitter should be treated as provisional. Taft, the 27th president, was a frequent subject of news photographers during his term from 1909 to 1913, when agencies like Bain's supplied pictures of public figures to newspapers across the country. Bain's collection is valued for capturing everyday scenes of that period, and the small-format plate reflects the fast, portable photography newspapers relied on at the time.
| 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 | 5,797 × 4,204 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15401 |
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