Sir Jos. W. Isherwood – 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.)
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Step back in time with Sir Jos. W. Isherwood, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sir Jos. W. Isherwood
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This glass-negative portrait is catalogued under the name "Sir Jos. W. Isherwood," a title the Bain News Service recorded from unverified information on its caption cards, so the identification should be read with some caution. The name matches Joseph W. Isherwood, the naval architect known for the Isherwood system of longitudinal framing, a method of building steel ship hulls that spread strength along the length of a vessel and let designers save weight. Bain's press agency made thousands of such negatives for newspapers in the 1910s and 1920s, so the picture likely served as a ready image for stories about shipbuilding or naval engineering. The record gives no date, so the exact year remains unknown.
| 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 | 4,364 × 6,295 px · prints to 15 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33830 |
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