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Chestnut Farms Dairy, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

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

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Chestnut Farms Dairy is one of the few commercial subjects in the National Photo Company Collection that names a specific Washington business rather than a street or monument. The company, founded in the Washington area, documented the city's streets, buildings and businesses in the early twentieth century, and this glass negative likely dates from the period between 1910 and 1926 when that work was at its height. Dairies of this era were a familiar part of city life, delivering milk and other products from nearby farms to urban households before refrigerated trucks and pasteurization rules reshaped the trade. The negative's surface shows streaks and blemishes from the natural decay of its original coating, which is worth noticing when comparing it with later prints.

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: Drew x. 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 scan5,152 × 6,359 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261747

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