Lillian Leitzel & Dolly Jahn, 5/10/26 – Historic Photograph Print
![Lillian Leitzel & Dolly Jahn, 5/10/26, [19]26 May 10. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/09a696462d9a-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Lillian Leitzel & Dolly Jahn, 5/10/26, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Lillian Leitzel & Dolly Jahn, 5/10/26
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Lillian Leitzel, the Ringling Brothers circus star famed for her spinning aerial ring act, is paired here with Dolly Jahn in a 1926 studio view made on May 10. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that produced many publicity portraits of performers and public figures in the 1910s and 1920s, made the glass negative, so the image likely served promotional purposes. Notice the streaks and blemishes across the glass, which come from the natural breakdown of its original coating rather than from the scene itself.
| Created / published | [19]26 May 10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,568 × 4,353 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-245157 |
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