Wall and Gate, Peking, China – 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
This rare historic photograph captures Wall and Gate, Peking, China in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wall and Gate, Peking, China
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Few details survive for this glass negative beyond its title, which places it at a wall and gate in Peking, the city now called Beijing. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the body of images produced by the Bain News Service, a photo agency active in New York from the early 1900s that sold pictures to newspapers and magazines. Its title comes from caption cards the agency wrote, and the Library of Congress notes that this information has not been verified. Walls and gates were among the most recognizable features of Peking's old imperial layout, so the image offers a glimpse of a city that agency readers would have encountered mainly through such pictures.
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,135 × 5,791 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10244 |
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