Broom factory for blind – Vintage Wall Art
![Broom factory for blind, [ca. 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/26/2605f8928d09-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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A window into the past: Broom factory for blind, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Broom factory for blind
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Broom making was one of the trades commonly taught to blind workers in the early 1900s, and this view records a factory where that work went on. Workshops like this one aimed to give blind men and women steady work and a livelihood, with broom making done by hand using tools, twine, and bundles of broomcorn. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C. firm that documented American cities, landmarks, and industries around 1920. The glass negative shows streaks and blemishes from aging coatings, so some fine detail is softened.
| Created / published | [ca. 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,146 × 5,586 px · prints to 24 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258432 |
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