Chemical Laboratory, Dilution Div., Bureau of Agrl. Chemistry Dept. – Vintage Wall Art
![Chemical Laboratory, Dilution Div., Bureau of Agrl. Chemistry Dept., [between 1918 and 1921] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/60bbeddc3a1f-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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A window into the past: Chemical Laboratory, Dilution Div., Bureau of Agrl. Chemistry Dept., 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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Chemical Laboratory, Dilution Div., Bureau of Agrl. Chemistry Dept.
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The record titles this view a chemical laboratory of the Dilution Division in the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry. The bureau, renamed the Bureau of Chemistry in 1927, enforced the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 by testing foods and drugs for adulteration, so laboratory work like this sat at the center of federal consumer protection. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the capital in the early twentieth century, dates its negative to between 1918 and 1921. The glass shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 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 | 5,971 × 4,295 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249949 |
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