Weaving with cards, Smithsonian Inst., 8/5/25 – Vintage Photo Print
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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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Weaving with cards, Smithsonian Inst., 8/5/25 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Weaving with cards, Smithsonian Inst., 8/5/25
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A card-weaving demonstration at the Smithsonian Institution, dated August 5, 1925, is the subject of this glass negative. Card weaving, also called tablet weaving, uses stiff square cards with punched corners to guide warp threads into narrow patterned bands, a method found in many cultures for centuries. The negative comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded the capital's institutions and public life in the early twentieth century. Faint streaks and blemishes across the glass reflect natural deterioration of its original coatings.
| Created / published | [19]25 August 5. |
|---|---|
| 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 three. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,276 × 4,239 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-243415 |
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