New Year Celebration, 1940 – Historic 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.)
Description
A window into the past: New Year Celebration, 1940, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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New Year Celebration, 1940
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The title, New Year Celebration, 1940, is the only description the record gives, and it is marked as unverified, so the exact occasion and place remain uncertain. The negative comes from the National Photo Company Collection, the work of a commercial studio that documented Washington, D.C., and events across the country in the early twentieth century. Herbert A. French gave it to the Library of Congress in 1947. The record also warns of streaks and blemishes from deterioration in the coating, so some marks may come from the negative itself rather than the scene.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : safety film ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Safety film 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,983 × 4,294 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-257683 |
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