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Georgetown University – Vintage Photo Print

Georgetown University, [1925 or 1926] — historic photograph
Georgetown University, [1925 or 1926]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Georgetown University. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Georgetown University, founded in 1789 and long regarded as the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the United States, is the subject of this glass negative from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that recorded the capital and its surroundings in the early twentieth century. The record dates the image to 1925 or 1926, based on other negatives in the same range. Glass plates like this one were coated with light-sensitive emulsion, and the streaks and blemishes visible here come from the gradual breakdown of that coating over time, which is worth keeping in mind when judging its detail.

Created / published[1925 or 1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. 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 four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,581 × 4,386 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-244886

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