Bain News Service
active New York, 1860 - 1937
Title: Bain News Service photograph collection
Other Title: George Grantham Bain News Service photograph collection
Bain collection
Creator(s): Bain, George Grantham, 1865-1944, photographer
Related Names:
Bain News Service.
Date Created/Published: 1860-1937, bulk 1910-1920.
Medium: ca. 40,000 negatives : glass ; 4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.
ca. 710 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
64 negatives : nitrate film ; 2 1/1 x 3 1/2 in. and 4 x 6 in.
Summary: The 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.
Reproduction Number: ---
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Access Advisory: For unprocessed portion of the collection: Please allow fourteen days advance notice to view materials. To make a request, see "Access to Unprocessed Materials," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/022_unpr.html Due to safety regulations, nitrate negatives can't be served to the public.
Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Person TypeIndividual
Last Updated8/7/24
Terms
American, active 1895 - 1924
Coventry, England, 1847 - 1928, Tenterden, England
Lynn, Massachusetts, 1859 - 1928
