Shad fishing on the Potomac – Vintage Wall Art
![Shad fishing on the Potomac, [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0a/0a837846248b-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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Step back in time with Shad fishing on the Potomac, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Shad fishing on the Potomac
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Shad fishing on the Potomac is one of the few pictures in this collection that places its subject on a river rather than in a street or a studio. Shad runs were a seasonal fixture on the Potomac for generations, and the spring catch drew fishermen, hauling crews and onlookers to the shoreline in numbers that made it a local event. The National Photo Company made thousands of glass negatives of Washington-area scenes in the early twentieth century, and this one likely reflects that broader effort to document daily life around the capital. The glass plate shows some streaking and surface wear from age, which is typical of negatives of this period.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1932] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Date span reflects dates range of negatives in collection. 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 | 5,247 × 4,228 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247635 |
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