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Sec. Wilburn, Capt. W.R. Sefton, Rear Adm. Straus, budget officers, 9/20/24 – Vintage Wall Art

Sec. Wilburn, Capt. W.R. Sefton, Rear Adm. Straus, budget officers, 9/20/24, [19]24 September 20. — historic photograph
Sec. Wilburn, Capt. W.R. Sefton, Rear Adm. Straus, budget officers, 9/20/24, [19]24 September 20.. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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A September 1924 gathering of naval and budget officials is the subject here: the title names a Secretary Wilburn, Captain W.R. Sefton, Rear Admiral Straus and a group of budget officers. Washington photographers of the 1920s recorded such meetings for government and press use, and naval spending was a live political question as Congress weighed defense budgets in the years after the First World War. The title comes from data the National Photo Company wrote on the negative itself and has not been verified, so names and roles should be checked against other sources. The glass plate also shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coating, which is typical of negatives of this age.

Created / published[19]24 September 20.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,059 × 4,396 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-255537

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