Basil Sidney, Doris Keane – 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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Basil Sidney, Doris Keane 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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Basil Sidney, Doris Keane
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This glass negative pairs two stage performers, Basil Sidney and Doris Keane, and the record gives no date or setting, so the sitting itself is hard to place. Keane is best remembered for her starring role in Edward Sheldon's play *Romance*, which ran on Broadway in 1913 and made her a leading actress of the period. The Bain News Service, the New York photo agency whose files are the source of this collection, made a steady trade in portraits of theatrical figures for newspapers and magazines. Pictures like this one give a sense of how actors were presented to the public in the early twentieth century.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,154 × 5,785 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30205 |
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