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Soldier's home, Wash. D.C. – Vintage Photo Print

Soldier's home, Wash. D.C., [between 1909 and 1923] — historic photograph
Soldier's home, Wash. D.C., [between 1909 and 1923]. 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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Recorded as the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., this glass negative shows a site tied to one of the capital's longest-running institutions for veterans. The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers established a branch on grounds north of downtown, and President Abraham Lincoln kept a summer cottage on the property. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio active in the early twentieth century, made the negative, which Herbert A. French gave to the Library of Congress in 1947. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from natural deterioration of its original coatings.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1923]
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 four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,926 × 4,289 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-248146

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