Sec. Wilbur & J.L. Latimer, [8/7/24] – Vintage Wall Art
![Sec. Wilbur & J.L. Latimer, [8/7/24], [1924 August 7] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1c/1c738d472ec0-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.)
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Sec. Wilbur & J.L. Latimer, [8/7/24] 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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Sec. Wilbur & J.L. Latimer, [8/7/24]
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Sec. Wilbur and J.L. Latimer are the two men named in this 1924 glass negative, which the National Photo Company dated to August 7 of that year. Curray Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy under President Calvin Coolidge, is the figure best known from the Washington scene of that period, and Latimer's role is less documented in the record. The negative is one of many made by the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded officials, events and street life in the capital in the 1920s and 1930s. Its glass plates often show streaks and surface wear from age, so the image may look softer than a print from the same day would have.
| Created / published | [1924 August 7] |
|---|---|
| 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 × 4,222 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-241275 |
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