Belgian guide reg't starting to front – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Belgian guide reg't starting to front. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Belgian guide reg't starting to front
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Few pictures in the Bain files capture a unit at the moment of departure, and this one shows a Belgian Guides regiment setting out for the front. The Guides were a Belgian army regiment, and the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, circulated images of Allied forces during the First World War, when Belgium was fighting Germany. The title comes from caption information the agency recorded, and the exact date and place are not confirmed, but the subject fits that wartime period. The glass negative preserves fine detail of the men and their equipment, a useful record of how the war was pictured for newspaper readers at home.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,710 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18701 |
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