Winter Bathing, N.Y., Dec. 1912 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Winter Bathing, N.Y., Dec. 1912 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Winter Bathing, N.Y., Dec. 1912
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Winter bathing in New York in December 1912 is an unusual subject for a news photograph, and this glass negative captures the kind of offbeat scene that the Bain News Service often sent to newspapers and magazines. The Bain agency, founded by George Grantham Bain, sold pictures of current events and human-interest stories to publications across the country, and its photographers worked quickly to get images into print. The title comes from caption information the agency recorded on its negatives or cards, which the Library of Congress notes has not been independently verified, so the exact location and circumstances are worth reading with some caution.
| Created / published | Dec. 1912. |
|---|---|
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,723 × 4,147 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12317 |
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