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050 0 0 _aGuide Record
082 _2223
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100 1 _aBain, George Grantham,
_d1865-1944,
_ephotographer.
_916485
245 1 0 _aBain News Service photograph collection
_h[graphic].
246 3 3 _aGeorge Grantham Bain News Service photograph collection
_h[graphic].
246 3 3 _aBain collection
_h[graphic].
260 _c1860-1937, bulk 1910-1920.
300 _aca. 40,000 negatives :
_bglass ;
_c4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.
300 _aca. 710 negatives :
_bglass ;
_c8 x 10 in.
300 _a64 negatives :
_bnitrate film ;
_c2 1/1 x 3 1/2 in. and 4 x 6 in.
351 _aNegatives are organized into three filing series: LC-B2 (for 4x5 and 5x7 glass negatives) LC-B21 (for nitrate negatives) and series LC-B22 (for 8x10 glass negatives). Within each filing series negatives are arranged in original negative number order which, for the most part, is chronological. Prints associated with the collection have been processed under the call number prefixes BIOG FILE (surnames A-G), SSF, and LOT. Each LOT and negative is separately cataloged. The unprocessed material includes numerous prints in PR 06 CN 126 (Portraits for surnames H-Z), PR 06 CN 131, and PR 06 CN 133.
500 _aMost negatives are captioned.
500 _aCollection title devised by Library staff.
506 _3For unprocessed portion of the collection:
_aPlease allow fourteen days advance notice to view materials. To make a request, see "Access to Unprocessed Materials,"
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/022_unpr.html
506 _aDue to safety regulations, nitrate negatives can't be served to the public.
510 4 _aWashingtoniana : photographs : collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress / Kathleen Collins. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1989,
_cpp. 7-8.
510 4 _aSpecial Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980,
_cno. 22.
510 4 _aLittle, Emma H. "The Father of news photography, George Grantham Bain." Picturescope 20 (Autumn 1972): 125-32.
510 3 _aGuide to the Special Collections of Prints and Photographs in the Library of Congress / compiled by Paul Vanderbilt. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Reference Department, 1955.
520 0 _aThe photographs document local, national, and international news events with a special emphasis on people and events in New York City. The range of subjects includes: celebrities, parades, sports events, immigration, political events, aviation, World War I, and the Mexican Revolution. Most images date from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s. The collection also includes extensive card indexes with the categories: American personalities, Foreign personalities, Artists, New York City, Sports, and General.
530 _aDigitized images of selected items from the collection, along with corresponding identifying information, are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
540 _aNo known restrictions on publication.
545 _aGeorge Grantham Bain founded the first news photography service in 1898 in New York City. The Bain News Service accumulated photographs of world-wide coverage which were distributed to various newspapers. The Bain News Service was enhanced by receiving local pictures from its newspaper subscribors as part of their reimbursement.
650 7 _aCity & town life
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_y1860-1940.
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_916486
650 7 _aAeronautics
_y1860-1940.
_2lctgm
_916487
650 7 _aCelebrities
_y1860-1940.
_2lctgm
_916488
650 7 _aSports
_y1860-1940.
_2lctgm
_916489
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918.
651 0 _aMexico
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1910-1920.
_916490
655 7 _aPhotographic prints
_y1860-1940.
_2gmgpc
_916491
655 7 _aPortrait photographs
_y1860-1940.
_2gmgpc
_916492
655 7 _aGlass negatives
_y1860-1940.
_2gmgpc
_916493
655 7 _aNitrate negatives
_y1860-1940.
_2gmgpc
_916494
710 2 _aBain News Service.
_916495
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