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Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944)

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Name
Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944)
Nationality
American
Biography
George Grantham Bain was an American photographer and entrepreneur who founded the Bain News Service in 1898. Born in 1865 in New York City, Bain began his career as a newsboy and later worked as a clerk in a law firm. He became interested in photography and started his own business in 1898, providing news photographs to newspapers and magazines. Bain's photographs covered a wide range of subjects, including politics, sports, and entertainment. He was known for his innovative techniques, such as using flash powder to capture images in low light. Bain's photographs were widely distributed and helped to shape public opinion on important issues of the day. He continued to work as a photographer until his death in 1944. Today, his photographs are considered an important record of American history and culture.
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Assets (192 in total)

Two women strikers on picket line during the
Group of emigrants arriving at Ellis Island, c.1905-1920 (b/w photo)
Suzanne Lenglen, 1921 (b/w photo)
St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York, 1909 (b/w photo)
Harry Houdini cannot escape the hold of boxer Benny Leonard and Jack Dempsey prepare to swing. Houdini claimed he could withstand any blow to his stomach. His death from a ruptured appendix followed the punches he accepted from a McGill University student, H. Gordon Whitehead, ca. 1920
Women strike pickets, New York, 1910 (b/w photo)
Andrew Carnegie in New York on return from Europe, 1913 (b/w photo)
Portrait of Marcus Garvey, 1924 (b/w photo)
Georges Carpentier (1894-1975) French boxer c. 1920
Japanese Sisal Plantation on Hawaii, c.1912 (b/w photo)
Sophie of Prussia, c.1921 (b/w photo)
Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowd, USA, 1911 (b/w photo)
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