Speaker Gillette & bust, 12/27/20 – Historic Photo Reproduction
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(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 Speaker Gillette & bust, 12/27/20. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Speaker Gillette & bust, 12/27/20
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Pictured is Speaker Gillette beside a bust, photographed on December 27, 1920, according to the title on the negative sleeve. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented officials, Congress and public life in the 1910s and 1920s, made the picture on a glass plate, a format widely used for press and portrait work of the period. The record does not identify the bust's subject or the occasion, so the sitter's setting is open to interpretation. Viewers should also note the streaks and blemishes on the plate, which the catalog attributes to natural deterioration of the original coating.
| Created / published | [19]20 December 27. |
|---|---|
| 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. 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 | 5,954 × 4,260 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-250179 |
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