Capt. E. Emerson – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Capt. E. Emerson. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Capt. E. Emerson
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This portrait is catalogued under the name Capt. E. Emerson, but the record gives no date, and the library notes that the title comes from unverified data written on the negative or its caption card, so the identity should be treated as tentative. It is one of the small glass negatives made for the George Grantham Bain Collection, the New York picture file of the Bain News Service, which sold news photographs to newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century. Glass plates of this size were a common choice for press work of that era, prized for their sharp detail and quick handling. Viewers interested in the sitter should check the caption information alongside period newspaper records.
| 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 | 5,735 × 4,203 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-14910 |
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