Severoid, St. Louis, 1924 – Antique Print
(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: Severoid, St. Louis, 1924, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Severoid, St. Louis, 1924
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The caption on this 1924 glass negative gives its subject only as "Severoid," a label the Library of Congress notes was supplied by the National Photo Company and has not been independently verified. The company, based in Washington, D.C., produced large numbers of views of American cities in the early twentieth century, and this plate is one of its St. Louis subjects. Glass negatives of this period were coated by hand with light-sensitive emulsion, and the record notes that the streaks and blemishes visible on this example likely result from natural deterioration of those coatings. The plate came to the Library in 1947 as a gift from Herbert A. French.
| Created / published | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 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 three. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,286 × 5,270 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-240798 |
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