Edwin Denby, 3/2/21 – Antique Photo Print
![Edwin Denby, 3/2/21, [19]21 March 2. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/43/43c06bdcfd07-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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Step back in time with Edwin Denby, 3/2/21, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Edwin Denby, 3/2/21
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Taken just days before Edwin Denby entered office as Secretary of the Navy, this glass negative captures a Washington figure at the start of a new post. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the city's political and social life in the early twentieth century, made the exposure, and its record dates it to March 2, 1921, two days before the Harding administration began. Denby, a former Michigan congressman, later led the Navy through the Teapot Dome years that drew national attention. The negative shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coating, which give the image a faint, weathered texture.
| Created / published | [19]21 March 2. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives |
| Notes | Title and date from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,438 × 5,393 px · prints to 15 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-232948 |
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![Denby on crutches, [10/23/23]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a1/a1236e41f13f-400.webp)
