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Photo, Print, DrawingSamoa -- King Mataafa & Chiefs, Klein, American correspondent 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photograph shows Mata'afa Iosefo (seated, center) with other Samoan chiefs and Samoan correspondent for the New York World, John C. Klein. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)- Contributor: Bain News Service
- Date: 1880-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJaffa Gate 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photograph shows the Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Photograph taken before 1908 because the Ottoman clock tower which stood on the roof between 1908 and 1922 is not in the image.- Contributor: Bain News Service
- Date: 1890-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingArmenians 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photograph shows a poor, widowed Armenian woman and her children, Makarid (on her back) and Nuvart (standing next to her). In 1899, after the murder of her husband in the aftermath of the Armenian Massacres of 1894-1896, the family walked from their home in the Geghi region to Kharpert (Harput), eastern Anatolia…- Contributor: Bain News Service
- Date: 1899-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDuse 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photograph shows actress and singer Eleonora Duse, probably between 1880 and 1900. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019)- Contributor: Bain News Service
- Date: 1880-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingCzar at age when he inherited throne 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photo shows Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918) at age 25 on 20 April 1894 on his official engagement, 7 months before his father died (Source: G. Voudouris, 2016)- Contributor: Bain News Service
- Date: 1894-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingNaval court of inquiry on destruction of the MAINE 1 photographic print. | 5 men seated around table and another man at a desk.- Date: 1898-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBoxing match: Corbett - Fitzsimmons fight 1 photographic print. | Persons in ring and audience; Carson City, Nevada.- Date: 1897-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Isma Martin, half-length portrait of criminal for police identification purposes, seated, facing front] 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount.- Date: 1897-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Edward McCarthy, half-length portrait of criminal and description for police identification] 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount. | Description includes name, alias, physiognomical characteristics, date of arrest in Chicago, Illinois, charge, etc., on verso.- Date: 1896-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Henry Chadwick, half-length portrait, facing slightly left] 1 photographic print on cartes de visite mount.- Date: 1888-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingMary Moriatrty 1 photographic print. | Head and shoulders, facing right; wearing feather hat. Alias Kitty the Welch woman, pickpocket.- Date: 1895-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Interior of gold and silver mine in Mexico, showing various workers, tools, and operations] 1 photographic print.- Date: 1890-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAbdulhamit II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918 1 photographic print. | Full lgth., seated, facing right.- Date: 1890-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingMrs. Grant 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount. | Photograph shows Julia Dent Grant, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left.- Date: 1870-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingEugene Hale 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount. | Photograph shows Maine congressman Eugene Hale, half-length portrait, seated, facing left.- Date: 1874-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingEugene Hale 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount. | Photograph shows Maine congressman Eugene Hale, half-length portrait, seated, facing left.- Date: 1874-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Mayor Duceux, of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, half-length portrait, facing left] 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount.- Date: 1890-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingKansas City Stocks Yards. Kansas City, Kansas Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. On caption card: Advertisement bird's-eye-view ; Maps Div. Print from Kansas Atlas, 1887, p. 241.- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingNegro homes at Thomasville, Ga. 1 photographic print. | Photograph shows row of wooden homes with African American families on their porches.- Date: 1880-01-01
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CollectionBain Collection The George Grantham Bain Collection represents the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life…- Contributor: Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service
- Date: 1860
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ArticleBain Photos Bain Photos - Rich Subject Matter, Sparse Information The George Grantham Bain photographs came to the Library of Congress with very little description. In an effort to make digital images of this large body of materials available as quickly as possible, most of the glass negatives are presented primarily with the information that came with them.- Date: 1860