Telva and Valeri – Antique 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.)
Description
Telva and Valeri comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Telva and Valeri
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The title names two people, Telva and Valeri, but the record notes that the name comes from unverified data supplied by the Bain News Service, so their identities and roles remain uncertain. Bain's agency, based in New York, sold news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century, covering stage performers, public figures, and everyday events. Its images were made on glass plate negatives like this one, which captured fine detail that is often lost in later reproductions. Because the sitters are not confirmed, the picture is best read as a record of how the agency documented its subjects during that period.
| 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 | 5,378 × 7,806 px · prints to 18 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36153 |
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