Astor & Fiancee going to NOMA – Vintage 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 Astor & Fiancee going to NOMA in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Astor & Fiancee going to NOMA
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The title names John Jacob Astor and his fiancée heading to NOMA, an abbreviation the record does not explain, so the exact occasion is unclear. The Astors were prominent New York society figures in the 1910s, and press photographers like those at the Bain News Service often documented such couples arriving at public events, travel departures, and social gatherings. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption cards the agency wrote without independent verification. The glass negative format of the period captured fine detail, so the image still offers a useful glimpse of early twentieth-century celebrity photography.
| 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 | 5,785 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10809 |
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