Dwight F. Davis – Historic Photograph Print
![Dwight F. Davis, [1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d6f2d34ec2e-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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Dwight F. Davis in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Dwight F. Davis
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The name attached to this glass negative is Dwight F. Davis, best remembered today as the donor of the Davis Cup, the international tennis trophy he gave in 1900. By the early 1920s he was active in Washington public life, and he later served as Secretary of War under Calvin Coolidge. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded officials and events in the capital during these years. The plate was given to the Library of Congress in 1947, and its streaks and blemishes come from deterioration in the original coating, a reminder of how fragile these early negatives are.
| Created / published | [1923] |
|---|---|
| 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. 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,396 × 6,064 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-253296 |
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