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Chestnut Farms Dairy, [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

Chestnut Farms Dairy, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Chestnut Farms Dairy, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. 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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A window into the past: Chestnut Farms Dairy, [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Chestnut Farms Dairy, [Washington, D.C.]

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The name Chestnut Farms Dairy and its Washington setting distinguish this glass negative from the many street and storefront views in the National Photo Company collection. The company, a Washington firm active in the 1910s and early 1920s, made a large body of commercial and documentary images, and this plate likely comes from the same period, though the title was supplied by the company and has not been independently verified. Urban dairies of that era delivered milk to city households before bottled, pasteurized milk became common. The plate's surface shows streaks and blemishes from the decay of its original coating, a typical sign of glass negatives of this age.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
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. On neg. sleeve: Lyons. 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 scan6,340 × 5,116 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261751

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