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VA Ship Launching of Collen H. Livingston – Vintage Photo Print

VA Ship Launching of Collen H. Livingston, [1920] — historic photograph
VA Ship Launching of Collen H. Livingston, [1920]. 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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VA Ship Launching of Collen H. Livingston

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Shipyard launches drew large crowds in the years after the First World War, when the United States was rebuilding its merchant fleet. This glass negative shows the launching of a vessel named for Collen H. Livingston. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., firm known for documenting the capital and national events, made the image, and its date of about 1920 is an estimate based on related negatives. The streaks and blemishes visible across the plate come from natural deterioration of the original coating, which is common in glass negatives of this age.

Created / published[1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,116 × 4,154 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-231255

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