Principal street of Kouan Chenzy, China – Vintage Photo 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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This rare historic photograph captures Principal street of Kouan Chenzy, China 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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Principal street of Kouan Chenzy, China
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A main thoroughfare in Kouan Chenzy, China, is the subject here, though the place name comes from the Bain News Service's own notes and has not been independently verified. The Bain agency, founded in New York by George Grantham Bain, supplied photographs of news, places and people to newspapers in the early twentieth century, and its China views reflect the wide Western interest in the country during those decades. Street scenes like this one record everyday commerce, pedestrians and building fronts, details that help researchers study daily life. No date is recorded, so the picture is best understood within that broader period.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,703 × 4,173 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11469 |
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