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George Grantham Bain Collection

Meet George Grantham Bain, a man of mystery and intrigue. Born in Scotland in the late 19th century, Bain's life was marked by adventure, exploration, and discovery

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Tom Kennedy and Joe Jeanette, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Tom Kennedy and Joe Jeanette, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tom Kennedy and Joe Jeanette, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Wreck of '20th C.', between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Wreck of "20th C.", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Wreck of "20th C.", between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Quarantined on Hoffman Isl'd, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Quarantined on Hoffman Isl'd, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Quarantined on Hoffman Isl'd, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Making Xmas Toys, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Making Xmas Toys, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Making Xmas Toys, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Jas. Byrne; Bronson Griscom; Phyllis Byrne, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Jas. Byrne; Bronson Griscom; Phyllis Byrne, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Jas. Byrne; Bronson Griscom; Phyllis Byrne, 1913. Shows children at an amateur horse exhibition at Piping Rock Club, Locust Valley, Long Island, Oct. 1913

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Battling Mantell, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Battling Mantell, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Battling Mantell, between c1910 and c1915. Shows boxer Battling (Barty) Mantell

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Cy. Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Cy. Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cy. Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Cy Smith (also known as Kid Smith), a lightweight boxer

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Visitors on USS Connecticut, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Visitors on USS Connecticut, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Visitors on USS Connecticut, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Shows William Dudley (Big Bill) Haywood, an American labor movement leader, marching with strikers in Lowell, Massachusetts

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Shows Italian troops entering Tripoli, Libya during the Turco-Italian War (Italo-Turkish War) which took place between September 1911 and October 1912

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Art Fletcher (New York NL) prior to the World Series at the Polo Grounds, NY, 1911 (baseball), 1911

Art Fletcher (New York NL) prior to the World Series at the Polo Grounds, NY, 1911 (baseball), 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Harry N. Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Harry N. Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harry N. Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviator Harry Nelson Atwood (1884-1967)

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Wagner by Matzen, [1911?]. Creators: Bain News Service, Herman Matzen

Wagner by Matzen, [1911?]. Creators: Bain News Service, Herman Matzen
Wagner by Matzen, [1911?]. Shows a statue of Richard Wagner by Herman N. Matzen dedicated in 1911 in Edgewater Park, Cleveland, Ohio

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Arley Wilbur Cooper, pitcher, Columbus, American Association (baseball), 1912

Arley Wilbur Cooper, pitcher, Columbus, American Association (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Arley Wilbur Cooper, pitcher, Columbus, American Association (baseball), 1912

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Chinese revolutionary hdqrts. and flags, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Chinese revolutionary hdqrts. and flags, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinese revolutionary hdqrts. and flags, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Al Demaree, New York AL (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Al Demaree, New York AL (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Al Demaree, New York AL (baseball), 1913

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: President William Howard Taft with Mayor Frank K. Mott. at the laying of the cornerstone... 1911

President William Howard Taft with Mayor Frank K. Mott. at the laying of the cornerstone... 1911
President William Howard Taft with Mayor Frank K. Mott. at the laying of the cornerstone for the Oakland City Hall, Oakland, California on October 13, 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Metropolitan Club Team, Washington, 6/1/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Metropolitan Club Team, Washington, 6/1/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Metropolitan Club Team, Washington, 6/1/12, 1912

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Infantry, Portugal, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Infantry, Portugal, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Infantry, Portugal, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Carl Morris, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Carl Morris, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Carl Morris, 1911. Shows heavyweight boxer Carl E. Morris (1887-1951)

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: China in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

China in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
China in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: John McGraw, New York, NL & Davis, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

John McGraw, New York, NL & Davis, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
John McGraw, New York, NL & Davis, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Italy in N.Y. 4th July parade, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Italy in N.Y. 4th July parade, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Italy in N.Y. 4th July parade, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Pfeifer Fullenweider, 1912 NY Giants pitching prospect, Columbia S.C. South Atlantic... 1912

Pfeifer Fullenweider, 1912 NY Giants pitching prospect, Columbia S.C. South Atlantic... 1912
Pfeifer Fullenweider, 1912 NY Giants pitching prospect, Columbia S.C. South Atlantic League (baseball), 1912

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Send off of Olympic Athletes, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Send off of Olympic Athletes, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Send off of Olympic Athletes, 1912. 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Capt. Thomas [polo], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Thomas [polo], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Thomas [polo], between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Ralph Craig, (1912?). Creator: Bain News Service

Ralph Craig, (1912?). Creator: Bain News Service
Ralph Craig, (1912?). Shows Ralph Craig (1889-1972), a University of Michigan graduate who won two gold medals as a sprinter in the 1912 summer Olympics in Stockholm

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, England, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, England, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, England, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911

Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows men on the Lusitania welcoming Japanese admiral Togo Heihachiro to New York City

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Red Sox at spring training, Hot Springs, AR, Boston, AL (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Red Sox at spring training, Hot Springs, AR, Boston, AL (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Red Sox at spring training, Hot Springs, AR, Boston, AL (baseball), 1912

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: National League team owners including Gary Herrmann, Charles Ebbets and Mrs. Helene Robison

National League team owners including Gary Herrmann, Charles Ebbets and Mrs. Helene Robison Britton (baseball), 1913

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: In the park on hot day--'played out', between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

In the park on hot day--"played out", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
In the park on hot day--"played out", between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Bobby Coltren (baseball player), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Bobby Coltren (baseball player), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Bobby Coltren (baseball player), 1912

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Scraped Ice Seller on Hot Day, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Scraped Ice Seller on Hot Day, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Scraped Ice Seller on Hot Day, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Crowd watching 'playograph, ' World Series, 1911, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Crowd watching "playograph, " World Series, 1911, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Crowd watching "playograph, " World Series, 1911, 1911. Shows crowd gathered outside the New York Herald newspaper building, New York City

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Biggest 4 Shriners at Rochester (end to end they are 26 ft. 1 in.), between c1910 and c1915

Biggest 4 Shriners at Rochester (end to end they are 26 ft. 1 in.), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Biggest 4 Shriners at Rochester (end to end they are 26 ft. 1 in.), between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series batting practice (baseball), 1911

Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series batting practice (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series batting practice (baseball), 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Opalard; Prade; Wallace; Van den Bergh; Comte Castillion de St. Victor.. between c1910-c1915

Opalard; Prade; Wallace; Van den Bergh; Comte Castillion de St. Victor.. between c1910-c1915
Opalard; Prade; Wallace; Van den Bergh; Comte Castillion de St. Victor; Grunholde; Thomas; Train; Beaumont; Dalziel (London Standard); Barri; Valentine; Tabuteau; Weymann, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series warm up (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series warm up (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series warm up (baseball), 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Sailor's shore drill, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sailor's shore drill, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sailor's shore drill, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Crowd outside Shibe Park - 9 am. World's Series Phila. 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Crowd outside Shibe Park - 9 am. World's Series Phila. 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Crowd outside Shibe Park - 9 am. World's Series Phila. 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: British parcels post -cage for reg. Parcels, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

British parcels post -cage for reg. Parcels, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British parcels post -cage for reg. Parcels, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Rube Marquard, New York, NL & Paddy Livingston, Philadelphia, AL at World Series (baseball), 1911

Rube Marquard, New York, NL & Paddy Livingston, Philadelphia, AL at World Series (baseball), 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: British Parcels Post-sorting parcels for foreign mail, between c1910 and c1915

British Parcels Post-sorting parcels for foreign mail, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British Parcels Post-sorting parcels for foreign mail, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Connie Mack, Philadelphia Athletics manager (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Connie Mack, Philadelphia Athletics manager (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Connie Mack, Philadelphia Athletics manager (baseball), 1911

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Pennsylvania coal strike - in Atlantic camp showing guns of deputies, between c1910 and c1915

Pennsylvania coal strike - in Atlantic camp showing guns of deputies, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGeorge Grantham Bain Collection: Chief Meyers, New York, NL & Chief Bender, Philadelphia, AL at World Series (baseball), 1911

Chief Meyers, New York, NL & Chief Bender, Philadelphia, AL at World Series (baseball), 1911



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Meet George Grantham Bain, a man of mystery and intrigue. Born in Scotland in the late 19th century, Bain's life was marked by adventure, exploration, and discovery. A naturalist at heart, he spent his early years studying botany and zoology before embarking on a series of expeditions to remote corners of the globe. From the Amazon rainforest to the Himalayan mountains, Bain traversed some of the most inhospitable terrain on earth in search of new species and knowledge. His travels took him through war-torn Europe during World War I, where he worked as an ambulance driver and later became a spy for British Intelligence. Bain's remarkable life was marked by danger, excitement, and a deep connection to nature. He wrote extensively about his experiences and discoveries in the natural world, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire scientists and adventurers alike today.