Brighton Beach fire, 1912 – Historic 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
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Brighton Beach fire, 1912. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Brighton Beach fire, 1912
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This glass negative records a fire at Brighton Beach, the seaside resort on the Brooklyn shore of New York City that drew large summer crowds in the early 1900s with its hotels, racetrack, and boardwalk. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency that sold pictures to newspapers, produced images like this one for quick publication, so the scene was likely captured to show readers what happened. The title comes from caption information the agency wrote on the negatives or cards, which was not independently verified, so the exact details of the blaze should be checked against contemporary newspapers.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,710 × 4,160 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11970 |
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