Liberty Parade – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Liberty Parade, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Liberty Parade
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Its title, Liberty Parade, points to a patriotic procession, though the record is unverified and gives no date or location. The glass negative comes from the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose files date mainly from the early twentieth century. Patriotic parades were common in American cities in that period, and many were tied to war-bond drives during World War I, so the scene likely reflects that wartime civic spectacle. Glass plates of this kind captured fine detail in crowds and street settings, which makes them useful for studying dress, transportation and public display.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,884 × 3,315 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-27946 |
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