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Girl soccer – Vintage Wall Art

Girl soccer, [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph
Girl soccer, [between 1918 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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A window into the past: Girl soccer, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here a team of girls is shown playing soccer, a subject that stands apart from the company's more common street and portrait scenes. The National Photo Company worked in Washington, D.C., during the years around the First World War, and its negatives document a broad range of local life and news. Organized women's soccer was still uncommon in the United States at that time, which gives this glass plate, dated roughly 1918 to 1920, added interest. Look closely and you will see streaks and blemishes caused by the natural deterioration of the original coating, a reminder of how fragile these negatives are.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,143 × 4,143 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-229764

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