King 8, 1920 – Vintage Photo 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
This rare historic photograph captures King 8, 1920 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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King 8, 1920
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The title "King 8" comes from unverified data written on the negative or its sleeve, so the subject itself remains uncertain. The negative belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, the Washington, D.C., commercial studio that made many glass plates of city streets, buildings, and people in the early twentieth century. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947. Its record also notes streaks and blemishes from deterioration of the original coatings, a common sign of age in glass plates of this era.
| Created / published | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,942 × 4,267 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249959 |
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