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Atty. Gen. Sargeant at aluminum hearing at Capitol, [Washington, D.C., 1/9/26] – Vintage Print

Atty. Gen. Sargeant at aluminum hearing at Capitol, [Washington, D.C., 1/9/26], [1926 January 9] — historic photograph
Atty. Gen. Sargeant at aluminum hearing at Capitol, [Washington, D.C., 1/9/26], [1926 January 9]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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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Atty. Gen. Sargeant at aluminum hearing at Capitol, [Washington, D.C., 1/9/26] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Atty. Gen. Sargeant at aluminum hearing at Capitol, [Washington, D.C., 1/9/26]

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Attorney General John G. Sargent appears in this January 9, 1926, view of a hearing held at the Capitol on the aluminum industry, a subject that drew sustained congressional and federal scrutiny in the mid-1920s. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that supplied news pictures to newspapers, made the image as a glass negative, a format that captured fine detail on the day's events. Visible streaks and blotches on the negative come from the gradual breakdown of its original coatings, so the picture's surface shows its age as well as its subject.

Created / published[1926 January 9]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. 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 six.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,931 × 4,267 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-256753

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