Sen. Thos. Sterling, So. Dak. – Historic Photograph Print
![Sen. Thos. Sterling, So. Dak., [ca. 1921] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4f/4f95376f04ac-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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Sen. Thos. Sterling, So. Dak. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sen. Thos. Sterling, So. Dak.
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Few portraits in this collection put a South Dakota politician in front of the camera as directly as this one does, showing Sen. Thomas Sterling. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that photographed members of Congress and other officials in the early twentieth century, made the glass negative around 1921, during the years Sterling served in the Senate. Glass plates like this were common at the time and prized for their sharp detail, though the coating has aged, leaving streaks and blemishes that show on the negative.
| Created / published | [ca. 1921] |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4,402 × 6,061 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-251280 |
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