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Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], sitting room – Vintage Print

Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], sitting room, [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph
Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], sitting room, [between 1916 and 1917]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], sitting room. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], sitting room

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The sitting room of the Mexican Embassy in Washington is an unusual subject, since interiors of foreign legations appear far less often than building exteriors in the National Photo Company's work. The picture dates to about 1916 or 1917, when Mexico was still in the midst of its revolution and relations with the United States were strained, so the embassy was a place where diplomacy drew close public attention. The company's photographers documented the capital's government buildings, hotels and residences for sale to the public, and this glass negative, a 1947 gift to the Library of Congress, shows the streaks and blemishes that come with aging emulsion coatings.

Created / published[between 1916 and 1917]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,506 × 5,134 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262105

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