Italy in N.Y. 4th Jul Parade – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Italy in N.Y. 4th Jul Parade in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Italy in N.Y. 4th Jul Parade
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Its title, "Italy in N.Y. 4th Jul Parade," points to a Fourth of July procession in New York in which Italian Americans marched or were featured, a reminder that the holiday was often a stage for immigrant communities to show their place in the city. The record gives no date, and the title comes from Bain News Service caption information that has not been independently verified. The picture is a glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Bain News Service, a New York photo agency active in the early twentieth century, documented street life, parades, and public events, so the image offers a window onto how the city's Italian community appeared in public at that time.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,748 × 4,210 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11073 |
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