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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/
10,415 photos | 745,492 views
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artolog
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ConceptJunkie
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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
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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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MaureenShaughnessy
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jj03ker says:great |
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pennylrichardsca
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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
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Darco TT
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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
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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! |