Bill Stieneke & Lillian Leitzel, 5/15/25 – Historic Photograph Print
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(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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This historic photograph of Bill Stieneke & Lillian Leitzel, 5/15/25 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bill Stieneke & Lillian Leitzel, 5/15/25
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Few performers of the 1920s drew bigger crowds than Lillian Leitzel, the German-born aerialist whose rope and ring acts made her a headline attraction on American circuses. This glass negative, dated May 15, 1925, pairs her with Bill Stieneke, though the record does not explain his role. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that produced news and publicity pictures in the early twentieth century, made the image, and the plate still shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration in its original coating.
| Created / published | [19]25 May 15. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4,280 × 5,276 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-242958 |
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