Bain News Service,, publisher.
J. Purroy Mitchell [i.e., Mitchel]
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph shows John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) who served as mayor of New York City from 1914 to 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA,
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.15892
Call Number: LC-B2- 3040-9
Info:
Owner:
The Library of Congress
Source:
Flickr Commons
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In Memoriam: Wystan
John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor of New York City. LOC: remember that Mitchel spelled his last name with a single "L," even if Bain didn't.
In Memoriam: Wystan
Other Bain/LOC photos of Mitchel are over here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4445872456/
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Purroy_Mitchel
Barbara (LOC P&P)
Thanks to both of you for the biographical information and spelling alert. We have several other pictures relating to Mitchel's life and death that display in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, including some Bain photos where he (or we) got the spelling right!: www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=john%20purroy%20mitchel&am... We'll adjust the information when we update the description.