George Grantham Bain Collection
For more context on each individual image visit The Library of Congress at Flickr Commons where context and dating of each image is crowdsourced. Each image is named the same at Wikimedia Commons and Flickr Commons and both sites contain the ggbain number assigned by the Library of Congress.
Bain copyright notice[edit]
Occasionally the images would contain a copyright symbol. This was usually on images of the most important people where Bain was worried that other news agencies would copy them, but occasionally they would appear on minor political figures.
Arriving and departing ships[edit]
One common way to photograph notable people was to board departing or arriving ships and find out who was aboard.
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October 28, 1922
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If no notable people could be found the photographer would take a photo of a pretty woman.
Matching an image to a news article[edit]
Most images can be dated by matching the image to a news article. The serial number in the negative is "5860-13", the 13th negative developed in batch 5860. The serial number can be used to date other images with that batch number, that cannot be matched to a news article.
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October 25, 1922
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October 25, 1922
Metropolitan Opera House[edit]
A common place to catch opera singers was to wait at the stage entrance to the old Metropolitan Opera House.
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The Bain studio[edit]
The Bain studio was in Manhattan, New York City. Sometimes a celebrity would drop by the studio. When bored, the photographers would take photos of each other.
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