- hmmm....disinterested?? What are the others watching? - ww8mgr
- She's seeing something over there too. - spicolli nola
- Her too. - spicolli nola
- Um... uninterested.... - -Jarrett-
- this looks like someone painted onto the glass negative (positive?) to enhance her features... - memos to the future
- david nasaw wrote in his book on AC that he'd tried to never pose standing next to anyone else and rarely would allow his full frame being shot, even seated. this photo makes it quite clear just how short he was, which makes it quite rare. - memos to the future
- Actually, this is a photo (from Bain's glass negative) of a paper photograph (photographer unknown). So no retouching was done on the glass. - Wystan
Mrs. A. Carnegie & Daughter; A. Carnegie (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Mrs. A. Carnegie & Daughter; A. Carnegie
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
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).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09478
Call Number: LC-B2- 2237-11
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memos to the future (54 months ago | reply)
this is an amazing find. I wonder what kind of exposure this was as there are so many people with sharp facial features visible. they clearly were not posing (as in holding very still) for any length of time like one would see in older photographs. some female faces do seem to have been "worked over" on the glass negative (or is this a positive?) though. look closely in the large version and you may be able to see what appear to be brushstrokes. I could be mistaken about this as I've only looked at it on flickr.
What makes this picture special and rare is that it's showing Andrew Carnegie's full body in direct comparison to others. Carnegie was short and wore high hats and shoes to hide this. David Nasaw writes in his great Carnegie biography about how he would rarely allow to be shot standing and almost never standing next to others so as to not give a hint as to his lack of height. he doesn't seem to be bothered by this shot, making this all the more interesting to me.
thank you for sharing, librarians of congress.
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evanesca101 (41 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1910s Fashion, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Wystan (27 months ago | reply)
Old Andy must have forgotten to insert the lifts in his shoes on this occasion:
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