Tuxedo – 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.)
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A window into the past: Tuxedo, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bain's caption reads simply "Tuxedo," and the record does not say whether the picture shows the New York village of Tuxedo Park, the dinner jacket that took its name from that place, or something else. Tuxedo Park was founded in the 1880s by Pierre Lorillard IV as a gated enclave of wealthy families in Orange County, so the title most likely points there, though the caption is unverified. The Bain News Service, a New York agency active from about 1899 to the early 1930s, sold news and feature photographs to newspapers, so a picture like this one was probably made for editors looking for social or local interest stories.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,797 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-22070 |
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