Bathing beach beauty contest, [1920], Elizabeth Margaret Williams winner – Vintage Photo Print
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(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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Bathing beach beauty contest, [1920], Elizabeth Margaret Williams winner comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bathing beach beauty contest, [1920], Elizabeth Margaret Williams winner
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A bathing beach beauty contest from around 1920 is the subject here, and the title names the winner as Elizabeth Margaret Williams. Such contests were a popular summer attraction at seaside resorts and public beaches in the 1910s and 1920s, when newspapers and photographers eagerly covered them. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio whose glass negatives were later given to the Library of Congress. The name and title come from notes on the negative sleeves and have not been independently verified, and the glass shows streaks from age.
| Created / published | [1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,352 × 4,333 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-231387 |
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