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Frank Aiken & Atwater Kent, Phil., [Pennsylvania] factory – Historic Photo Reproduction

Frank Aiken & Atwater Kent, Phil., [Pennsylvania] factory, [1925] — historic photograph
Frank Aiken & Atwater Kent, Phil., [Pennsylvania] factory, [1925]. 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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A window into the past: Frank Aiken & Atwater Kent, Phil., [Pennsylvania] factory, 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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Frank Aiken & Atwater Kent, Phil., [Pennsylvania] factory

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This glass negative pairs a Philadelphia factory belonging to the Atwater Kent company with a man named Frank Aiken, according to its title. Arthur Atwater Kent's firm built radio receivers and automotive ignition equipment, and its Philadelphia plant was part of the consumer radio boom of the mid-1920s. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that recorded American cities and industry for newspapers and clients, likely made the image around 1925, though the title comes from data the company supplied that has not been verified. Streaks and blemishes on the glass reflect the natural deterioration of its original coatings.

Created / published[1925]
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 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.
SubjectsUnited States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,966 × 4,278 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-256643

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