Thos. H. McDonald, Bureau Public Rds. – Vintage Wall Art
![Thos. H. McDonald, Bureau Public Rds., [ca. 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/47/47e659c81d27-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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A window into the past: Thos. H. McDonald, Bureau Public Rds., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Thos. H. McDonald, Bureau Public Rds.
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This glass negative is titled for Thomas H. McDonald and the Bureau of Public Roads, the federal agency that oversaw highway work in the years after Congress passed the Federal-Aid Road Act of 1916. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented officials and public life in the capital in the early twentieth century, is the source of the plate, which dates to about 1920. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947. Streaks and blemishes in the glass come from the natural deterioration of its original coating, and they are worth noticing as part of the plate's physical history.
| Created / published | [ca. 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,138 × 5,472 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258763 |
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