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P.M.G. New gives $1,000 reward to Richard Breader for invention, 12/16/24 – Historic Photo Reproduction

P.M.G. New gives $1,000 reward to Richard Breader for invention, 12/16/24, [19]24 December 16. — historic photograph
P.M.G. New gives $1,000 reward to Richard Breader for invention, 12/16/24, [19]24 December 16.. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The record places this glass negative in Washington on December 16, 1924, when Postmaster General Harry S. New presented a $1,000 reward to Richard Breader for an invention. Such an award went to a government employee whose idea had value to the postal service, and the ceremony was the kind of official occasion the National Photo Company often recorded in the capital. The company, active in Washington from about 1906 to 1936, produced a large body of news and portrait photographs, so this picture belongs to a documentary record of the city's public life. Its glass base also shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age, which are part of the object's history.

Created / published[19]24 December 16.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp note: Batch six.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,971 × 4,278 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-255855

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