Siam group, 4/27/23 – Vintage Wall Art
![Siam group, 4/27/23, [19]23 April 27. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4f/4f395f6c441c-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 Siam group, 4/27/23 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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Siam group, 4/27/23
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The title "Siam group" points to a gathering of people from the Kingdom of Siam, the country now called Thailand, photographed on April 27, 1923. The Library of Congress catalogs it as a glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection, a Washington, D.C., studio that produced many portraits and news pictures in the early twentieth century. The title comes from the company's own notes and has not been independently verified, so the identities of the people shown are uncertain. The record also notes streaks and other blemishes from the natural deterioration of the original coating, which are visible traces of the negative's age.
| Created / published | [19]23 April 27. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 6,230 × 4,497 px · prints to 21 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-253459 |
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