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Statuary Hall, [Capitol, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Statuary Hall, [Capitol, Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Statuary Hall, [Capitol, Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921]. 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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Statuary Hall, [Capitol, Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Statuary Hall, [Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

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Statuary Hall, the chamber in the Capitol where states once placed statues of their most honored citizens, is the setting for this glass negative, which dates to roughly 1920 to 1921. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the city and its landmarks in the early twentieth century, made the image, and the negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947. Its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the slow decay of the original coating, a reminder of how fragile these glass plates are. The room itself, once the House chamber, still holds the statues today.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,426 × 5,123 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259099

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