Atwater Kent factory, [Philadelphia, Pa.] – Vintage Print
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(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Atwater Kent factory, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 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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Atwater Kent factory, [Philadelphia, Pa.]
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The subject here is the Atwater Kent factory in Philadelphia, a plant tied to a company that began by making automobile ignition systems before it turned to radio receivers in the 1920s and became one of the best-known set makers in the country. The National Photo Company, which recorded the city's streets, businesses and buildings for decades, made this glass negative at an uncertain date between 1909 and 1940, and the location label comes from its unverified notes. Streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of the original coating are visible on the glass, so some areas of the image appear softer or mottled than they once were.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 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 six. |
| Subjects | United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,444 × 5,122 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-257764 |
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