News in the 1910s
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Welcome to the daily news scene from almost a hundred years ago, as photographed by the Bain News Service in about 1910-1912. We invite your tags and comments! Also, lots more identification information. (Most of these old photos came to the Library of Congress with very little description.)
This selected set of 1,500+ photographs is from a large collection of almost 40,000 glass negatives. The entire collection spans 1900-1920 and richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, and political activities, with a special emphasis on life in New York City.
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division preserves the original photographs and offers the digital copies to ensure their wide availability.
For more information and to see the rest of the collection, visit: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/co llection/ggbain/
10,215 photos | 724,582 views
Comments on this set
artolog says:what a great set! I note that the photos are all marked as 1910, and users can't change that, even when the photo itself has a more accurate date. |
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ConceptJunkie says:This is a great project and I applaud and thank the Library of Congress for combining its unique archives and the Internet to share, and possibly identify these artifacts. This is the kind of thing that can help bring value to all citizens and should be appreciated and encouraged! |
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_sarchi says:interesting |
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Tomasz1950 says:Thanks a lot! |
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El Gato Negro says:thank you for sharing those forgotten shots... |
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Life in a Yurt says:Wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing, and I hope you decide to share other collections with the community. |
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kightp says:Suggest adding a "Bain News Service" tag to the entire batch - I'd do it myself, but I don't have time to tag 1,500 photos one by one! |
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auntialias says:Fabulous!! After spending some time looking and tagging, I've a couple of suggestions for Flickr to better navigate this marvelous collection: |
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rmcarrier1 says:Amazing set. Much appreciated Library of Congress. |
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Dogtrax says:This is an important step -- opening up the archives to the people. My young sons will be thrilled at the prospects of viewing the old baseball images and trying to consult their research books on which players are being seen. |
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MaureenShaughnessy says:Fantastic collection -- thank you so much for making these photos even more available to the public who may or may not know about the LOC library website. I have been writing a historical fiction novel for the last two years and have used numerous LOC photos as a jumping-off point, or inspiration for specific details of daily life in the 1800s and early 1900s. I have always appreciated that resource -- it is INvaluable(!) and now you are going the extra step to invite participation by viewers, researchers and historians. Way to go. I love your use of new technoligies. thanks again for this wonderful set of images. I, too hope you continue this project extension on Flickr and share many many more images from your archives here. |
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jj03ker says:great |
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pennylrichardsca says:I've been enjoying the Bain Collection photos at the LOC site for a year or two, but this is a terrific alternative that will reach a lot more people--thanks! It's bound to reach and teach many students. |
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cnami82 says:Wow! |
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projecttionist65 says:I was looking for a place o read about the baseball player with a camera - it's an absolutely fantastic photo! He looks like it's very heavy, and he's about to drop it. The fellow looking on is wearing a derby and a smile, as though he expects the same result! |
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My name's axel says:Exiting stuff and a very important step in bringing historical information to everybody who has acces to the net.The LOC & Flickr took a step forward. |
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danperry.com says:So glad to see this project get off the ground. Welcome to Flickr, and I hope it's the beginning of a long and prosperous relationship. |
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kurokojpn says:thank you so much for sharing this with the flickr world! |
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Darco TT says:Una estupenda colección. |
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cross_on8 says:I have a huge collection of old cameras! Photos are not so beautiful like here, but there a a lot of technical photos. Look here: sitemap generator |
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coursgratuits.net says:Thanks a lot to publish those pics, because it's very worthy pictures |
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czl says:Thank you thank you thank you. It's great to see the prints & photographs division out in the world! |
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bogeyinthecellar says:Congratulations LOC good to see a public library going really public |
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BobMeade says:To LOC people, thanks for putting these Bain Collection images on Flickr. I've had lots of enjoyment looking at the pics this past year. |
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Flickerpower says:Hope that the experts or amateur experts in each area can add their knowledge to these photos. It does make them so much more interesting. Who's who? What's that dial on that gadget? What was new about that canon? etc. |
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Lewis (LOC P&P) says:Hello lifeasdaddy! Let me answer your questions in turn, and sorry for the delay: |
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BobMeade says:Lewis of LOC, thanks very much for your answer. I didn't really consider the slight delay any problem - you may not have been expecting such a question in this section of comments to the set, but I couldn't think of a better place to ask the question publicly so everyone could benefit from your answer. |
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Photogeraphar 0345-3333888 says:Lewis of LOC, thanks very much for your answer. I didn't really consider the slight delay any problem - you may not have been expecting such a question in this section of comments to the set, but I couldn't think of a better place to ask the question publicly so everyone could benefit from your answer. |
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Flussreiter says:A fantastic collection! |