Bureau Eng. & Ptg., an engraver at work – Historic Photograph Print
![Bureau Eng. & Ptg., an engraver at work, [between 1909 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0c9c5dad71ea-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Bureau Eng. & Ptg., an engraver at work. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bureau Eng. & Ptg., an engraver at work
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An engraver at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C., works by hand on a steel plate, the meticulous craft behind the nation's paper currency and postage stamps. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio active in the capital in the early twentieth century, left a large body of glass negatives showing government buildings, workers and city life, and this one falls in the 1909 to 1920 range of its surviving negatives. The title comes from the company's own notation, which has not been independently verified, and the glass shows streaks and blemishes from the natural breakdown of its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,988 × 4,340 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249687 |
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