New Years Greeting, Chinatown 1912 – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures New Years Greeting, Chinatown 1912 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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New Years Greeting, Chinatown 1912
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The title points to a New Year greeting in Chinatown in 1912, though the record notes that it comes from unverified caption data, so the occasion is best read with some caution. The Bain News Service, founded by George Grantham Bain in New York, supplied newspapers with pictures of current events and city life, and its glass negatives form one of the largest early photographic records of American urban scenes. Chinatown images from this period often captured festivals and street life that drew curious outsiders and press attention. The small 5 by 7 inch plate reflects the compact negatives news photographers commonly used before the 1920s.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,748 × 4,147 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11385 |
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