Christmas Post Office – Antique Print
![Christmas Post Office, [1922] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/14/1491aa96041a-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.)
Description
A window into the past: Christmas Post Office, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few early twentieth-century holiday scenes capture daily routine as plainly as a post office at Christmas, when mail volume peaked each December. The title comes from notes the National Photo Company wrote on its negatives and has not been independently confirmed, so the exact location is uncertain. The company, a Washington, D.C. commercial studio, photographed city and government life throughout this period, and Herbert A. French gave these negatives in 1947. Look closely for streaks and blemishes, which come from natural deterioration of the original glass coatings.
| Created / published | [1922] |
|---|---|
| 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 negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. Temp. note: Batch two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,241 × 4,208 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-235403 |
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