R.L. Metcalfe – 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.)
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R.L. Metcalfe comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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R.L. Metcalfe
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The only identifier for this negative is the name R.L. Metcalfe, and the record itself notes that the title comes from unverified data on the negative or its caption card, so the sitter and the occasion remain uncertain. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the glass negatives produced by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with photographs of public figures and current events in the early twentieth century. With no date recorded, the picture is best understood within that period of fast newspaper photography, when glass plates of this size were a common working format. Researchers hoping to confirm the subject should compare the caption cards and neighboring negatives in the collection.
| 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 | 4,128 × 5,741 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-14380 |
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