Gen. H.E. Ely & Hanford MacNider with their service flags, 2/17/26 – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Gen. H.E. Ely & Hanford MacNider with their service flags, 2/17/26, [19]26 February 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/43/437d23e505b5-L.webp)
(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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Gen. H.E. Ely & Hanford MacNider with their service flags, 2/17/26
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Two men pose with service flags in this February 17, 1926 glass negative, a picture from the National Photo Company's Washington studio. Hanford MacNider, a World War I veteran who had served as national commander of the American Legion, appears alongside Gen. H.E. Ely, and the banners recall the blue-star flags families hung in windows to mark relatives serving in the war. The studio's work from this period documented official and civic life in the capital, and the plate shows the streaks and blemishes that often appear as the coatings on glass negatives deteriorate.
| Created / published | [19]26 February 17. |
|---|---|
| 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,359 × 5,574 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-244869 |
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