Forest Hills, 1920 -- tennis – Historic Reproduction
(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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Forest Hills, 1920 -- tennis
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Forest Hills, in Queens, New York, is the setting here, and its West Side Tennis Club became a leading home for American tennis in the early twentieth century, including the U.S. National Championships. The title dates the scene to 1920, but that date comes from the agency's own unverified notes, not a checked record. The glass negative was made by the Bain News Service, a New York operation that supplied newspapers with news pictures, so the image shows tennis as the press recorded it for quick publication.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-32364 |
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