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D.C. Crain & Clarence Ross, 1st Nat'l Long Dis. Swimming Race, 8/22/25 – Vintage Photo Print

D.C. Crain & Clarence Ross, 1st Nat'l Long Dis. Swimming Race, 8/22/25, [19]25 August 22. — historic photograph
D.C. Crain & Clarence Ross, 1st Nat'l Long Dis. Swimming Race, 8/22/25, [19]25 August 22.. 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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Step back in time with D.C. Crain & Clarence Ross, 1st Nat'l Long Dis. Swimming Race, 8/22/25, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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D.C. Crain & Clarence Ross, 1st Nat'l Long Dis. Swimming Race, 8/22/25

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Swimmers D.C. Crain and Clarence Ross are named in this glass negative from the first national long-distance swimming race, held on August 22, 1925. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C. studio that documented the city's news, sports and everyday life in the early twentieth century, made the plate, which Herbert A. French gave to the Library of Congress in 1947. Long-distance swimming was a popular spectator sport in the 1920s, and events like this drew crowds to watch athletes test their endurance. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from natural deterioration of its original coating, a common sign of plates of this age.

Created / published[19]25 August 22.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 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 three.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,291 × 5,247 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-243501

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