Edgardo Simone & Bust of Gen'l Pershing – Vintage Wall Art
![Edgardo Simone & Bust of Gen'l Pershing, [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/59fecbdcd49e-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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Step back in time with Edgardo Simone & Bust of Gen'l Pershing, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Edgardo Simone & Bust of Gen'l Pershing
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Here a sculptor named Edgardo Simone is paired with a bust of General John J. Pershing, a title the National Photo Company wrote on the negative, though the record marks it as unverified. Pershing became a national figure as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, and portrait busts of him were made and displayed widely in the years around and after 1918. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio active through the early twentieth century, recorded the capital's people and events on glass plates like this one. The streaks and blemishes on the surface come from the natural deterioration of the original coating, so the haze is part of the negative's history.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1932] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Date span reflects dates range of negatives in collection. 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,235 × 4,233 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247609 |
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