Olympic athletes – 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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Olympic athletes in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Olympic athletes
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Recorded only as "Olympic athletes," this glass negative does not name the competitors, the event, or the year, so its title comes from unverified caption information the Bain News Service attached to the plate. George Grantham Bain's agency, begun in New York around 1900, sold news pictures to newspapers and magazines, and its glass negatives document the growing public appetite for sports photography in the early twentieth century. The modern Olympic Games were then only a few decades old, and athletes of that period often wore clothing and carried equipment that now look strikingly formal. Comparing the image with other Bain plates from the same era may help narrow down when and where it was made.
| 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 | 5,741 × 4,128 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-32450 |
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