E.I. Lewis, Interstate Commerce Com., 8/3/[21] – Vintage Wall Art
![E.I. Lewis, Interstate Commerce Com., 8/3/[21], [1921] August 3. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/5918d7b5be23-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of E.I. Lewis, Interstate Commerce Com., 8/3/[21]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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E.I. Lewis, Interstate Commerce Com., 8/3/[21]
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This glass negative, dated August 3, 1921, is identified in its record as a portrait of E.I. Lewis associated with the Interstate Commerce Commission, though the record notes that the title comes from unverified data on the negative sleeve. The Interstate Commerce Commission, created by Congress in 1887 to regulate railroads, was a key federal agency in Washington, and the National Photo Company made thousands of such official portraits and views of government figures and buildings in the early twentieth century. Collectors may also notice the streaks and blemishes the record attributes to deterioration of the original glass coatings, which are typical of negatives of this age.
| Created / published | [1921] August 3. |
|---|---|
| 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 (year) from negatives in same range. Part of caption rubbed off. 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 | 4,460 × 6,096 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-251455 |
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