Viscountess Astor – Vintage 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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Viscountess Astor comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Viscountess Astor
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Nancy Astor, the Virginia-born Viscountess Astor, is the subject of this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. She became the first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons in 1919, after succeeding her husband as Conservative member for Plymouth Sutor Division. The Bain News Service, a Manhattan photo agency, sold images like this one to newspapers across the United States, so the picture reflects the press interest in her as a transatlantic public figure. The record is thin, and the title comes from unverified agency data, so the exact date and occasion remain uncertain.
| 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 | 6,513 × 8,885 px · prints to 22 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34654 |
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