George Grantham Bain
| George Grantham Bain | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
January 7, 1865 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died |
April 20, 1944 (aged 79) New York City, New York |
| Known for | Father of foreign photographic news |
| Parent(s) |
George Bain Clara Mather |
George Grantham Bain (January 7, 1865 – April 20, 1944) was a New York City photographer. He was known as "the father of foreign photographic news".[1]
Biography
He was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 7, 1865 to George Bain and Clara Mather. His family moved from Chicago to St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Saint Louis University as an undergraduate where he studied chemistry. He then attained a law degree from the same institution.[1]
After graduation he became a reporter at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The following year he moved to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch where he became the Washington, DC correspondent.[1]
He worked for United Press before he started the Bain News Service in 1898.[1]
He died on April 20, 1944 in Manhattan.[1]
George Grantham Bain Collection
Most of the images are originals of events in New York City, but he also copied existing images of worldwide events for distribution to newspapers.[2]
Most of his photographs date from the 1900s to about 1930 but some images date from the 1860s and some are from the 1930s. His 40,000 glass negatives are with the Library of Congress in the Prints and Photographs Division. Most are scanned and are available online. There are no known restrictions on the photographs in the George Grantham Bain Collection.[2] Some of his most important images were marked with a copyright notice to prevent unauthorized distribution.
Gallery
Albertina Rasch, gypsy dance, 1915
Argentine Rivadavia-class battleship, 1912
The "Bennett Sisters" boxing._-_George_Grantham_Bain_collection.jpg)
Four men with wreckage of Blériot's plane at Reims, 1909
The Brox Sisters, posed with toy car. Left to right: Loryane, Bobbe, Patricia.
Christ, played by Anton Lang, at the Oberammergau Passion Play, 1900
Photograph showing gun shop at Armstrong Works, 1902–1903
Pair of 12 inch guns on HMS Dreadnought, between 1907-1922
Helen Dinsmore Huntington
Joe Dawson winning the 1912 Indianapolis 500 race, 1912_Christian_family_making_butter%2C_Mawana%2C_Persia.jpg)
Nestorian (Assyrian) Christian family making butter in Mawana, Persia, date unknown
American actress Blanche Bates, dressed for a role in "The Fighting Hope," date not recorded
Race car driver Bob Burman, 1911
Actress Lillian Gish, 1911
Mary Magdalen, played by Bertha Wolf, at the Oberammergau Passion Play, 1900
Actress Mildred Davis, 1921
Actress Pauline Frederick, date unknown
Princess Marie of Romania, as a child, when she was Princess of Romania
Actress Ruth St. Denis, date unknown
Actress Viola Dana, date unknown
Making of a death mask, 1908
Lucio Blanco and staff, circa 1913
Charles Lindbergh circa 1927 ©
External links
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- George Grantham Bain photograph archive at Flickr
- George Grantham Bain photograph archive at Library of Congress
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "George Grantham Bain, Pioneer News Photographer Dies Here at the Age of 79". New York Times. April 21, 1944. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
George Grantham Bain, pioneer newspaper photographer of this city, whose friends called him "the father of foreign photographic news," died yesterday in ...
- 1 2 "Bain News Service photograph collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
ca. 40,000 negatives: glass; 4 × 5 in. and 5 × 7 in. about 710 negatives: glass; 8 × 10 in. 64 negatives: nitrate film; 2 1/1 × 3½ in. and 4 × 6 in.