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George Grantham Bain Collection
URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ggbainhtml/ggbainabt.html

Description:
This 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. ... Approximately 11,000 glass negatives and 1,400 photographic prints [mostly from the 1900s to the mid-1920s] are currently available." Searchable and browsable. From the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
News agencies -- United States
Photojournalism
United States -- History -- Photographs

LII Database Information:
Record 14920 created by Dennis Maness on 02/28/2005
Last modification on 03/02/2005
Published: 02/28/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14920