West Point Cadet Camp – 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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A window into the past: West Point Cadet Camp, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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West Point Cadet Camp
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West Point Cadet Camp is a glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the large body of images made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title comes from unverified notes written on the negative or its caption card, so the exact date and the precise setting of the camp are not confirmed here. Still, the subject places it at the United States Military Academy in Highland Falls, New York, where summer encampments gave cadets field training in camp life, drill and outdoor instruction. Images like this one document how the Academy trained its officers and how the Bain agency covered national institutions for a public eager to see them.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,785 × 4,234 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40640 |
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