Actor's Benefit for Crippled Children, Lucy Weston and Elphie Snowden on polo field – Antique 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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Actor's Benefit for Crippled Children, Lucy Weston and Elphie Snowden on polo field comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Actor's Benefit for Crippled Children, Lucy Weston and Elphie Snowden on polo field
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Lucy Weston and Elphie Snowden appear on a polo field in this glass negative, a backdrop that places the picture among the outdoor society events of the period. The title links it to an actor's benefit for crippled children, a fundraiser that used the stage community's public profile to support children with disabilities in the early 1900s. The image came from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news pictures to newspapers, and the negative is dated July 17, 1908. The title came from information the agency supplied and has not been independently verified, so the event details are best read with that caveat.
| Created / published | 7/17/08. |
|---|---|
| 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,797 × 4,241 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3252 |
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