Pittsburg Hot Water Heaters – Antique Print
![Pittsburg Hot Water Heaters, [1921] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/18/18308900a2c2-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: Pittsburg Hot Water Heaters, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pittsburg Hot Water Heaters
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The title on this glass negative names a product rather than a street or building: Pittsburg hot water heaters, the kind of household and industrial equipment that local manufacturers produced in volume in the early twentieth century. That label comes from National Photo Company data on the negative sleeve and has not been independently verified, though the date of about 1921 falls in the same range as neighboring negatives. The company was a commercial firm that photographed cities and their businesses, so its plates often record working details of local industry. Faint streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural deterioration of the original coating.
| Created / published | [1921] |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,381 × 4,345 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-234185 |
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